Tropical storm Rick forms off Mexico Pacific coast

Tropical Storm Rick formed
off Mexico's Pacific coast on Thursday and could become a
hurricane within the next day, Reuters qouted the U.S. National Hurricane
Center as saying.
Rick was located 345 miles (555 km) south-southeast of the
resort city of Acapulco with maximum sustained winds near 50
mph (85 kph).
"Continued strengthening is forecast during the next 48
hours," the Miami-based hurricane center said.
Salina Cruz, Mexico's main oil-exporting port on the
Pacific coast, was not in the path of the storm. Most of
Mexico's oil installations are in the Gulf of Mexico.
-- SPA