Tropical Storm Erick is forecast to become a major hurricane in the Pacific Ocean and strike western Mexico one day after becoming named storm, the National Hurricane Center said Wednesday.

Ocean temperatures have to be at least 79 degrees to fuel a tropical storm. Other factors are low wind shear, the West African Monsoon, which pushes warm, moist air westward, and the El Niño Southern ...

Erick is expected to become a major hurricane as it moves towards southern Mexico, with heavy rainfall and damaging winds ...

Thunderstorm chances fizzle near sunset Wednesday. More scattered showers and storms are likely Thursday afternoon and ...

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Erick is the fifth tropical storm of the Eastern Pacific hurricane season and is forecast to rapidly intensify into a major ...