Hurricane Simon is rapidly gaining strength threatening destructive winds, life-threatening flooding and dangerous storm surge. According to the US National Hurricane Center, Simon was packing maximum sustained winds of 90 miles (150 km) per hour while located around 325 miles (525 km) off Cabo Corrientes in Jalisco early on Friday. Before strengthening into a hurricane on Thursday, Simon had already caused heavy rains in Acapulco, another popular Mexican destination that was devastated by Hurricane Otis in 2024.
