Tropical Storm Adrian in East Pacific to Become Hurricane
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The first tropical storm of the season in the eastern Pacific, Adrian, strengthened to just below hurricane level, prompting storm watches along the Mexican coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
The system, with maximum winds of about 70 miles per hour (113 kilometers per hour), is moving north-northwest at near 7 mph and is expected to remain safely at sea, the Miami-based agency said in a website advisory at 11 a.m. West Coast time. Adrian is about 265 miles south-southwest of Acapulco.