Hurricane Willa, A ‘Life-Threatening’ Category 3, Makes Landfall In Western Mexico

A satellite image by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Willa in the eastern Pacific, on a path toward Mexico’s Pacific coast on Monday.

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Updated 11:01 p.m. ET

Hurricane Willa, which is a Category 3 storm, made landfall near Isla del Bosque, Sinaloa, in Western Mexico.

Willa is “extremely dangerous” and bringing “life-threatening storm surge, wind and rainfall” to Mexico’s Pacific Coast, according to the National Hurricane Center.