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LIVE MAP: Track the path of Hurricane Trudy

MIAMI (AP) — Trudy intensified into a Category 1 hurricane as it approached the Pacific coast of Mexico, authorities said Thursday.

Track the path of Hurricane Trudy below.

Trudy was located about 300 miles southwest of Acapulco, Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.

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The hurricane was moving northwest at 9 mph and was expected to approach the coast of southwestern and west-central Mexico this weekend, the center said.

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Trudy was on track to become a major hurricane on Friday, bringing rainfall of 4 to 8 inches through the weekend across Colima and Jalisco states, the center said.

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