Paul strengthens to 'major hurricane' off Mexico: US experts

Hurricane Paul strengthened on Monday into a “major” storm in the Pacific off Mexico’s Baja peninsula, where authorities have warned residents to make quick preparations, US forecasters said.

At 2100 GMT, Paul — now a category three hurricane on the five-level Saffir-Simpson scale — was about 670 kilometers (415 miles) southwest of the southern tip of Baja California, the US National Hurricane Center said.