Tropical Storm Ivo Threatens Heavy Rain for Mexico’s Baja

Tropical Storm Ivo strengthened slightly and veered closer to shore, prompting tropical storm warnings and watches along Mexico’s Baja California coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Ivo, the ninth storm of the eastern Pacific hurricane season, was 265 miles (425 kilometers) south-southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, at about 5 p.m. New York time with maximum winds of 45 miles per hour, up from 40 mph earlier, according to a hurricane center advisory. It was moving north at 6 mph.