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Hurricane Jova grows to category three storm

WASHINGTON — Hurricane Jova rapidly surged to become a major category three storm Monday, on course to make landfall in southwestern Mexico in the coming days, US meteorologists said.

The Miami-based US National Hurricane Center said in a 0900 GMT bulletin that Jova was now packing maximum sustained winds of 120 miles per hour (195 kilometers per hour).