MIAMI — Western Mexico was being lashed Monday by a hurricane bringing heavy rain, strong winds and rough surf to coastal areas and the Baja California peninsula.

A tropical storm watch was issued for Baja California Sur from Cabo San Lucas to Santa Fe, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said in an advisory. A watch also was in effect from Manzanillo to Punta Mita, Mexico.

Hurricane Priscilla was spinning just off the coast of Mexico, about 210 miles southwest of Cabo Corrientes with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph.

Parts of southwestern Mexico could get up to 6 inches of rain from Priscilla's outer bands through Wednesday, bringing a flash flooding risk to Michoacán and Colima states, forecasters said.

Swells from Priscilla were reaching the coast of Mexico. Life threatening

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