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MEXICO CITY - Tropical Storm Ivo formed in Mexico's Pacific coast and could become a hurricane later this week, the US National Hurricane Centre said.
Ivo had winds of more than 91km/h and was over than 724km southwest of the Mexican mainland.
The storm's wind speed could pick up in the coming days and make Ivo a hurricane. Latest models show the storm is due to curve in toward the coast slightly south of the Baja California peninsula early next week, the centre said.
Most of the peninsula is sparsely inhabited desert, but Baja California is also home to a beach resort, Los Cabos, that is popular with US visitors.
Hurricane Henriette slammed into Los Cabos earlier this month, killing a foreign tourist. Two fishermen also died.
Henriette also flooded northern Mexico with driving rain, raging over the farming states of Sonora and Sinaloa.
- REUTERS
