Delta strengthens into Category 3 hurricane as it approaches Mexican resorts

Hurricane Delta has rapidly intensified into a Category 3 hurricane with 115mph winds on a course to hammer south-eastern Mexico and then grow to a potentially catastrophic Category 4 storm on approach to the US Gulf coast.

The immediate worst impacts are expected along the resort-studded north-eastern tip of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, where hurricane conditions are expected on Tuesday night and landfall early on Wednesday.

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