Hurricane Willa makes landfall in Mexico

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View of a flooded street as the Hurricane Willa arrives to Escuinapa, Sinaloa state, Mexico, on October 23, 2018. – Mexico braced Tuesday for the impact of Hurricane Willa as the Category 3 storm barreled toward its Pacific Coast with what forecasters warned would be potentially deadly force. (Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP)

MAZATLAN, Mexico (AFP) —  Hurricane Willa made landfall in Mexico Tuesday, lashing the Pacific coast with powerful wind, heavy rain and what forecasters warned was “extremely dangerous” storm surge.

“The eye of Hurricane Willa is now over the coastline near the town of Escuinapa, Sinaloa,” Mexico’s National Meteorological Service said on Twitter.

The powerful storm, which was a maximum Category 5 hurricane on Monday, had weakened to Category 3 as it moved toward land. But forecasters warned it still had the potential to unleash deadly flooding and landslides.

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