NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana A potentially dangerous tropical storm named Alex that experts say could complicate the Gulf of Mexico oil spill clean-up formed Saturday in the Caribbean Sea.At 0900 GMT, the eye of the storm, which packed sustained winds of 40 miles (65 kilometers) an hour, was located 220 miles (355 kilometers) east of Belize City, according to the Miami-based US National Hurricane Cen
MIAMI Potentially dangerous Tropical Storm Alex, which experts say could complicate the Gulf of Mexico oil spill clean-up, has formed in the Caribbean Sea, US forecasters said on Saturday.At 1200 GMT, the eye of the season's first tropical storm was located about 200 miles (320 kilometers) east of Belize City, according to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC).It was packing maximum sustained
MIAMI The first tropical depression of the Atlantic hurricane season has formed in the Western Caribbean and is headed west, but forecasters can't yet say if it will pass over the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said early Saturday that the storm has winds of about 35 mph (55 kph) and was expected to resume a west-northwestward motion
MIAMI Hurricane Darby picked up strength Friday in off the coast of southwestern Mexico, becoming the second powerful hurricane in the eastern Pacific this season, the US National Hurricane Center said.Darby, now a Category Three storm on the five-level Saffir-Simpson scale, remained far from the southern Mexican coastline.It packed winds close to 120 miles (195 kilometer) per hour, with higher
MIAMI Hurricane Darby has reached Category 3 strength, making it the second major hurricane of the eastern Pacific season.The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Darby's maximum sustained winds Friday are near 115 mph (185 kph).The hurricane is located about 245 miles (395 kilometers) south-southwest of Acapulco, Mexico.It's heading west-northwest near 7 mph (11 kph).Meanwhile, the powerful
MEXICO CITY – Hurricane Darby formed in the Pacific off Mexico's southwest coast Thursday, while Hurricane Celia strengthened farther out at sea.Neither hurricane posed an immediate threat to land.Darby, a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 75 mph , was located about 235 miles (375 kilometers) south-southwest of Puerto Escondido on Thursday morning, according to the National Hurricane Cente
MIAMI Hurricane Darby has formed in the Pacific off Mexico's southwest coast and Hurricane Celia strengthened farther out at sea.The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Darby has maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph).Darby is located about 235 miles (375 kilometers) south-southwest of Puerto Escondido.The Category 1 hurricane is moving west-northwest near 9 mph.Meanwhile, Celia became
MIAMI Hurricane Celia has weakened in the East Pacific Ocean and was downgraded to a Category 1 Tuesday evening.The National Hurricane Center says Celia was centered about 530 miles (850 kilometers) south-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico.The storm has not been a threat to land and it was moving west, away from the Mexican coast, at 10 mph (17 kilometers per hour).The storm's maximum sustained win