 Hurricane John has become a dangerous Category 4 storm and is likely to strengthen further, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Wednesday, posing threats to resort towns as it marches up Mexico's Pacific coast.While the storm’s eye was not projected to hit land, the center said hurricane-force winds were likely to begin lashing beaches northwest of Acapulco and Ixtapa late Wednesday.John had maximum sustained winds of 135 mph, with stronger gusts. John was running parallel to the coast and was not expected to affect the United States. The forecast path would carry the storm out to sea below Los Cabos at the tip of the Baja California peninsula, but forecasters warned that track could vary.At 11 a.m. ET, John was centered about 160 miles west of Acapulco and 95 miles south of Lazaro Cardenas. It was moving northwest at 12 mph....
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