Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum called on residents in Jalisco, Colima, Nayarit and Michoacan to follow civil protection instructions. (EPA Images pic)MEXICO CITY: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum urged residents along the country's Pacific coast to remain indoors on Sunday as powerful Category 4 Hurricane Simon approached Mexico's west-central coast, threatening destructive winds, dangerous storm surges and potentially deadly flooding.
Simon was located about 105km west-northwest of the port city of Manzanillo, in Colima state, with maximum sustained winds of 230 kph, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory at 9am local time.
The hurricane was moving north-northwest at 11 kph, with its centre about 140km south-southeast of Cabo Corrientes, in neighboring Jalisco state.
