Hurricane Rick churned in the Pacific Ocean today strengthening to an extremely dangerous Category Four storm. US National Hurricane Centre said Rick was gathering strength off Mexico's Pacific coast, with maximum sustained winds roaring at near 215 kilometres per hour.<br/>At 1545 IST, Rick's centre was 410 km southwest of the resort town of Acapulco, southern Mexico. The hurricane was moving toward the west-northwest near 19 km per hour and it was expected to begin make a sharp turn north by Tuesday, cutting toward Mexico's Baja Peninsula.<br/>The centre said outer rain bands associated with the storm were already approaching Mexico's southern coast and would likely continue to affect the area today.<br/>The seventh hurricane of the eastern north Pacific2009 season, Rick comes on the heels of Tropical Storm Patricia, which last week placed Los Cabos on Baja's southern tip under a state of emergency, before petering out.<br/>The peninsula was battered in early September by Hurricane Jimena, which ripped the roofs off houses and caused<br/>floods that killed at least one person. <br/><br/>