Tropical Storm Erick forms near southern Mexico, National Hurricane Center says

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Erick formed early Tuesday near southern Mexico and is expected to become a hurricane by Wednesday, the U.S.

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Erick formed early Tuesday near southern Mexico and is expected to become a hurricane by Wednesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

The storm was about 450 miles southeast of Punta Maldonado, Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour, the center said.

Erick was moving west-northeast at nearly 12 miles an hour.

Earlier on Tuesday, the NHC issued a hurricane watch for southern Mexico as a tropical depression in the eastern Pacific gained strength.

Early Tuesday it had maximum sustained winds of 35 mph and was moving west-northwest at 12 mph, forecasters said. The depression was named Erick when its winds reach tropical storm strength of 39 mph.

https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/hurricanes/hurricane-watch-effect-southern-mexico-depression-pacific-gains-streng-rcna213421


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