The Hurricane Bonnie intensifies to category 3 off the coast of Michoacán

The Hurricane Bonnie intensified at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday (local time) to category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, when its center was located 350 kilometers south-southwest of Punta San Telmo, on the Michoacán coast of the Mexican Pacific.

With a displacement to the west of 280 degrees, with sustained winds of 185 kilometers per hour and gusts of 220 kilometers per hour, Bonnie will cause intense punctual rains in the states of Jalisco, Guanajuato, Colima, Michoacán and Guerrero, according to the most recent report of the National Meteorological Service (SMN), which anticipates that the hurricane could be downgraded to category 2 on Wednesday, July 6.

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 Bonnie strengthened into a major hurricane Tuesday, the first of the season in the eastern Pacific. Bonnie continued to move roughly parallel to Mexico’s Pacific coast after crossing over Central America from the Caribbean and dropping heavy rain, contributing to at least two deaths.

Forecasters said they expected the hurricane, now a Category 3 storm, to pose no threat to land as it headed generally westward farther into the Pacific.