Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Tropical Storm Celia churns in Pacific off Mexico

Tropical Storm Celia churned through the Pacific Ocean off southern Mexico on Sunday as U.S. forecasters warned the storm could become a hurricane later in the day.

Large ocean swells from Celia were producing dangerous surf along portions of Mexico's Pacific coast, and the storm is expected to get stronger in the next few hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami warned.

At 5 a.m. EDT (0900 GMT), Celia was centered 340 miles (550 kilometers) south-southeast of the Mexican resort city of Acapulco, the center said. Maximum sustained …

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