Gathering Storm Strengthens Off Baja California
Pastor Dale Morgan
Gathering Storm Strengthens Off Baja California*
The Associated Press
August 29, 2006; 11:57 PM
MEXICO CITY -- Tropical Storm John formed in the Pacific on Monday and
was picking up strength as it churned toward the southern tip of the
Baja California Peninsula, prompting Mexico to issue a tropical storm watch.
With sustained winds near 65 mph, John was expected to become a
hurricane by Tuesday, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.
It was 270 miles southeast of the resort city of Acapulco and was moving
west-northwest at 7 mph.
Mexico issued a tropical storm watch from Lagunas de Chacahua to the
Pacific port city of Lazaro Cardenas.
Extended forecasts showed the storm moving adjacent to Mexico's Pacific
Coast, but said it could move ashore near the Baja Peninsula resort city
of Los Cabos later in the week.
In the meantime, John was expected to bring heavy rains to a swath of
Pacific coastline stretching from Puerto Angel north to Acapulco.
The downpours "could cause life-threatening flash floods over regions of
mountainous terrain," the hurricane center said.