Tropical Storm Moves Across Mexico’s Bay of Campeche

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Tropical Storm Ernesto hugged the southern coast of the Bay of Campeche as it moved slowly through Mexico’s oil-production hub toward landfall near Coatzacoalcos, the National Hurricane Center said.

Ernesto, with torrential rain and winds of 60 miles (97 kilometers) per hour, was 5 miles north of Coatzacoalcos and traveling west at 5 mph, the Miami-based center said in an advisory at 2 p.m. East Coast time.