Tropical storm Rosa forms off Mexico Pacific coast
Source: Reuters
MEXICO CITY, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Tropical storm Rosa formed in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico on Thursday and weather forecasters gave it a slim chance of grazing the coast. Rosa was roughly 150 miles (240 km) southwest of the tourist town of Manzanillo in the state of Colima and expected to move parallel to the coast before likely fizzling over the ocean early next week. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center said Rosa strengthened on Thursday but was forecast to weaken in the next 12 hours and into the weekend. But Rosa could change its northwesterly direction if it managed to maintain its current windspeeds, which the center did not specify. "Should the cyclone be able to hang on a little longer than anticipated, a track more to the north and closer to the coast of Mexico is possible," the center said. Mexico's Pacific coast has been blitzed with hurricanes and storms this year, whereas its Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico coasts have seen little activity. In October, Hurricane Paul killed two people in northwestern Mexico. In September, Hurricane Lane cost three lives along the Pacific coast and Hurricane John killed at least three people on the Baja California peninsula.
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