‘Extremely Threatening’ Hurricane Willa Heads For Mexico’s Pacific Coast

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Updated 8:47 p.m. ET

Hurricane Willa, an “extremely dangerous” storm heading to Mexico’s Pacific coast, was downgraded from a Category 5 to a Category 4 by the National Hurricane Center on Monday.

The storm, with maximum sustained winds of nearly 150 mph, is about 100 miles west from Cabo Corrientes, a municipality in southwest Mexico. It is moving north at 8 mph, according to the NHC’s latest advisory.