Tropical Storm Barbara Strengthens Off Mexico and Is Expected to Become a Hurricane
- Tropical Storm Barbara developed early Sunday near the coast of Guerrero, Mexico, and gained strength while tracking west-northwest.
- Barbara formed due to favorable conditions in the Pacific Ocean and is expected to become a Category 1 hurricane later Sunday or Monday.
- The storm, located about 275 kilometers southwest of Zihuatanejo, carries maximum sustained winds near 60 mph and moves at 12 to 19 km/h.
- Forecasters warned that heavy rainfall of 2 to 4 inches may cause flooding and mudslides across Guerrero, Michoacán, Colima, and Jalisco through Monday.
- Barbara is unlikely to make landfall, but its swells will generate dangerous surf and strong rip currents along the southwestern coast of Mexico for several days.
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Two tropical storms gained strength on Monday off the Mexican Pacific coast, and one of them was expected to become a hurricane throughout the day, meteorologists warned. Tropical storm Barbara was located Monday morning about 295 kilometers (about 185 miles) south-west of Manzanillo, Mexico, with peak sustained winds of 110 kilometers per hour (70 miles per hour), according to the National Hurricane Center of the United States (NHC) in Miami. B…
The tropical storm Barbara was formed on the coasts of southeastern Mexico and is expected to become the first hurricane of the season in the Eastern Pacific within a few hours. U.S. authorities monitor its possible impact on southern California.All details of Barbara's advance in the Eastern Pacific According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), tropical storm Barbara was strengthened in the last few hours with winds close to 59 miles per ho…
Mexico City, 8 Jun (EFE).- Tropical Depression Tres-E intensified this Sunday afternoon and was renamed Tropical Storm Cosme, the third of the season and located to the southwest of the Pacific Ocean, but with no effects on Mexico, reported the National Meteorological Service (SMN). Hours earlier, the SMN advised that Tropical Storm Barbara, the second of the cyclone season, was formed during the first hours of this Sunday, south of the coasts o…
Tropical storm Barbara strengthened on Sunday off the southwestern coast of Mexico and is expected to turn into a hurricane at night, without threatening the land, said Miami National Hurricane Centre.
By CNN en Español Tropical Storm Barbara is located 275 km southwest of Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, as of Sunday morning, according to reports from Mexico's National Meteorological Service and the U.S. National Hurricane Center. The cyclone is moving west-northwest at approximately 19 km/h (12 mph). This movement is expected to continue in the coming days, and on Tuesday it will turn west and continue its path at a slower speed. The forecast indicate…
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