Hurricane Delta intensified into a Category 4 storm on Tuesday and was expected to remain “extremely dangerous” as it reaches Mexico by early Wednesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The storm, the ninth named hurricane of the season, was about 180 miles east-southeast of Cozumel, Mexico, the center said. As of Tuesday night, Delta had maximum sustained winds of 145 miles per hour with higher gusts. “It’s ideal conditions for rapid intensification — warm water temperatures, negligible wind chill,” said Dennis Feltgen, a meteorologist and spokesman for the National Hurricane Center. “This has turned into a very dangerous, very serious hurricane.”

Source: New York Times October 06, 2020 13:18 UTC