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Hurricane Elida weakens off Mexico

Other News Materials 18 July 2008 09:23 (UTC +04:00)

Hurricane Elida weakened to a Category 1 storm off Mexico on Thursday, while Tropical Storm Fausto continued to gain strength, the AP reported.

Both storms were well off Mexico's Pacific coast and not expected to threaten land.

Tropical Storm Fausto had maximum sustained winds near 70 mph (110 kph) and was expected to become a hurricane as early as Friday, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Fausto was centered 430 miles ( 695 kilometers) south of Manzanillo and moving west-northwest at 12 mph (19 kph).

Farther off the coast, Hurricane Elida was downgraded to a Category 1 storm with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph). The hurricane center said Elida will continue to weaken as it moves over cooler water and could become a tropical storm by Friday.

Elida was located about 1,030 miles ( 1,655 kilometers) off the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula Thursday afternoon.

In the open Atlantic, Tropical Storm Bertha had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 kph) after pummeling the resort island of Bermuda.

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