Hurricane Christie strengthened to a Category 5 storm on Thursday and is expected to remain far from land as it rages in the Pacific Ocean and weaken over the coming days, forecasters said, UNN reports citing AP.
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The hurricane was located 1,565 kilometers southwest of the southern peak of the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico and was moving west at 26 km/h. According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, it had maximum sustained winds of 260 km/h.
Waves caused by Christy are expected to affect parts of the peninsula's west coast by the weekend, the center said.
"Christy became a tropical storm on Monday near Mexico's southern Pacific coast before strengthening into a hurricane on Tuesday.
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