Tracking Hurricane John Leer en españolJohn was a Category 3 hurricane over Mexico Monday evening Mexico Central Time, the National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory.
The hurricane had sustained wind speeds of 120 miles per hour.
Storms that form in the Atlantic or the Pacific generally move west, meaning Atlantic storms pose a greater threat to North America.
Occasionally, a storm can move farther north, as Hurricane Hilary did last year, bringing damaging winds and intense rain to Southern California.
Hurricane season in the Eastern Pacific began on May 15, two weeks before the Atlantic season started.
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