Newly formed Hurricane Beatriz sweeps close to Mexico’s southwest Pacific coast

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Newly formed Hurricane Beatriz is sweeping along Mexico’s southwestern Pacific coast, threatening heavy rain for several southern states. The U.S. National Hurricane Center saysthe storm was centered 50 miles south-southeast of Manzanillo late Friday and had maximum sustained winds of 85 mph. Beatriz is moving northwest at 12 mph and is forecast to generally keep to that course and slow down through Saturday night. Beatriz’s center is expected to move very close or onto parts of the coast in the coming hours before beginning to weaken as it heads away over open waters Sunday and Monday.