John struck Mexico’s southern coast on Monday night after rapidly strengthening into a major Category 3 hurricane, triggering warnings of ‘life-threatening’ floods and mudslides.

Hurricane John is expected to bring dangerous winds, storm surge and life-threatening flash flooding to parts of southern Mexico.

Hurricane John, a compact but powerful storm, came ashore on Mexico’s Pacific coast — pushing a dangerous surge in front of it and unleashing deadly flooding rains across the states of Guerrero and Oaxaca,

John intensified rapidly into a Category 3 storm, packing winds of 120 miles per hour, before slamming into the Mexican state of Guerrero on Monday.

The National Hurricane Center said Monday it is tracking a system in the Gulf of Mexico that could become Tropical Storm Helene in the coming days.

PUERTO ESCONDIDO, Mexico (Reuters) -Storm John strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane on Monday and is expected to become a major storm before it crashes into Mexico's Pacific coast, according to the U.

Details are still fuzzy, but the likelihood that Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine will turn into Hurricane Helene and affect the Gulf Coast later this week is increasing.

Hurricane John is forecast to bring severe weather to the southern Mexico coast, including life-threatening flash flooding. Track its path.

A system of low atmospheric pressure brewing in the northwestern Caribbean Sea is all but certain to become a tropical cyclone in the Gulf of Mexico over the next 48 hours — but neither Houston nor any part of the Texas Gulf Coast is expected to be landfall target for any developing storm.

A tropical disturbance is actively strengthening in the Gulf of Mexico as it heads toward the Big Bend and Florida Panhandle region of the coast.