MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hurricane Celia, the first hurricane of the 2010 Pacific season, continued on a westward path away from Mexico but grew in strength on Monday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
The storm in the eastern Pacific Ocean was upgraded to a category 2 hurricane on Monday evening with sustained winds up to 105 mph, Celia was about 505 miles south of the port city of Manzanillo and moving westward away from land at 8 mph.
Some strengthening was expected in the next 36 hours and Celia "could become a major hurricane possibly by Tuesday," weather forecasters said in a statement.