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Twin tropical storms off Mexico, oil recovery not affected

First Pacific hurricane of 2010 forms off Mexico
Miami (AFP) June 20, 2010 - The first hurricane of the 2010 Pacific season, Celia, has formed hundreds of miles off the coast of Acapulco, Mexico, the US-based National Hurricane Center said on Sunday. Packing winds of 75 miles per hour (120 kilometers per hour), Celia was centered about 265 miles south of Acapulco and moving slowly westward at seven miles per hour, the NHC said in its 2100 GMT advisory. The Category One storm was expected to continue its path and show some strengthening over the next 48 hours, the NHC said. However, Celia was located so far off land that it posed no threat and no coastal warnings were issued. The other major storm to strike the Pacific so far this season was Tropical Storm Agatha, which slammed into Guatemala in May, unleashing heavy rains and floods that left some 275 people dead or missing across Central America.
by Staff Writers
 Mexico City (AFP) June 19, 2010
 Twin tropical storms have formed in the Pacific off the coast of Mexico, the US National Weather Service reported Saturday, while ruling out any impact on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Tropical Storm Blas and Tropical Storm Celia were churning westward off the Mexican coast, about 600 kilometers (373 miles) from one another but posing little threat to land.

Blas, with sustained winds of 100 kilometers per hour, was some 755 kilometers south of the Baja California peninsula, and expected to strengthen over the next day before losing power.

Celia, with winds of 65 kilometers per hour, was about 355 kilometers south of Acapulco and expected to strengthen over the coming two days.

With North America and the Caribbean in the midst of hurricane season, US authorities and British energy giant BP have been keeping a wary eye on weather forecasts as they ramp up efforts to recover oil from the ruptured well that has already spilled tens of millions of gallons of crude in the Gulf of Mexico.


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Tropical storm Blas forms in Pacific Ocean off Mexico
 Miami (AFP) June 17, 2010
 Slow-moving tropical storm Blas formed Thursday in the Pacific Ocean off the southeastern coast of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center said. Located some 425 kilometers (265 miles) southeast of Manzanillo, Mexico, the storm was packing 65 kilometers (40 miles) per hour winds and heading northeast at four kilometers (two miles) per hour, the Miami-based NHC said. Blas is the second name ... read more






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