Tropical Storm Marie Strengthens Into a Hurricane in the Pacific Ocean
The storm has maximum sustained winds near 80 mph, and forecasters warned of life-threatening surf and rip currents along nearby Pacific coastlines.
- On Wednesday, Tropical Storm Marie strengthened into a hurricane in the Pacific Ocean, located about 375 miles southwest of the southern tip of Baja California with maximum sustained winds of around 80 mph.
- Elsewhere in the Pacific, Hurricane Lowell strengthened to a Category 5 storm hundreds of miles south of Hawaii, while Hurricane Karina intensified into a powerful Category 4 system.
- The Miami-based National Hurricane Center warned that swells generated by Marie and Lowell 'are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions' across the Pacific.
- Former Tropical Storm Edouard dumped nearly 2 feet of rain over rural Texas on Wednesday, forcing authorities to rescue 21 people from a damaged assisted living facility.
- The National Weather Service expects the storm to dissipate Thursday morning, though flooding left about 22,000 utility customers without power across Hardin County and Jefferson County.
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Tropical storm Marie continues to strengthen and could intensify to hurricane, affecting mainly northwestern Mexico.
Tropical Storm Marie gains strength in Mexican Pacific and could become a hurricane
Tropical Storm Marie will intensify the rains in Michoacán and the west of the country; alert for possible evolution to hurricane. The entrance Tropical Storm Marie advances in the Pacific and will bring rains to Michoacán and 4 other states was first published in La Voz de Michoacán.
Tropical storm Marie is strengthened in the Pacific and could become a hurricane; it would not touch land, but it will cause rains and waves in Mexico.
Tropical storm Marie is located south-southwest of Baja California South with winds of 110 km/h.
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