Tropical Storm Vance Forecast to Become Major Hurricane Off Mexico's Pacific Coast

Tropical Storm Vance, currently 500 miles south of Acapulco, Mexico, is projected by the National Hurricane Center to strengthen into a hurricane by Thursday evening and then rapidly intensify into a Category 3 major hurricane by late Friday. The storm is expected to approach the Mexican states of Colima, Jalisco, and Nayarit by late Tuesday or Wednesday, potentially bringing damaging winds, heavy rain, and life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides.