Willa predicted to become category 5 hurricane; pushes towards Mexico

Hurricane Willa has become an "extremely dangerous" storm near Category 5 in the eastern Pacific Ocean and has a course that could land it on a stretch of the Mexican coast between Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta in the coming days.

The National Hurricane Center, based in Miami, said on Monday morning that Willa could "cause a storm surge, winds and lethal storms in some parts of southwest and center-west of Mexico as of Tuesday."

They predicted that Willa would become a Category 5 hurricane on Monday afternoon, creating dangerous tidal conditions.

A hurricane warning was in effect for the . . .