Hurricane John poised to slam Mexico’s Pacific coast with 100mph winds

Chiapas, Oaxaca and Guerrero brace for impact as life-threatening' category 2 storm to make landfall Tuesday

Mexico's southern coast was bracing for flash floods and storm surges as Hurricane John quickly intensified into a category 2 storm on Monday afternoon.

Originally forecast as a tropical storm, Hurricane John rapidly strengthened" into a category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 100mph (160kmh), according to the US National Hurricane Center, which warned of damaging hurricane-force winds, life-threatening storm surge and flash flooding".