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The storm, already a Category 2 hurricane, is likely to bring "potentially destructive winds and life-threatening flash floods" to parts of southern Mexico, according to the US National Hurricane Center.

Kelly learned at the hospital that he had been given a life-threatening overdose amount of medication, Brindley said in the Monday motion.

Rabies can cause a life-threatening infection of the brain and nervous system in humans.

Sun said the defect could cause life-threatening blood clots.

A 44-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder was taken with slash wounds to hospital, where his condition is not life-threatening, the Met Police said.