Hurricane Simon was packing maximum sustained winds of 185km per hour while located around 75km off Cabo Corrientes in Mexico's Jalisco state early Monday. (EPA Images pic)MIAMI: Hurricane Simon lashed Mexico's Pacific coast with severe winds and heavy rain on Monday, as it threatens to make landfall this week, according to the US National Hurricane Center.
The hurricane – downgraded a notch to Category 3 strength on the five-point Saffir-Simpson scale – was moving slowly and remained dangerous.
Simon is expected "to move inland across west-central Mexico around midweek", the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory.
"Dangerous winds and flooding rains continue along the coast," it said.
