MEXICO CITY – Hurricane Elida weakened to a Category 1 storm off Mexico on Thursday, while Tropical Storm Fausto continued to gain strength.
Both storms were well off Mexico's Pacific coast and not expected to threaten land.
Tropical Storm Fausto had maximum sustained winds near 60 mph (95 kph) and was expected to become a hurricane as early as Friday, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Fausto was centered 430 miles (695 kilometers) south of Manzanillo and was moving west-northwest at 15 mph (24 kph).
Farther off the coast, Hurricane Elida was downgraded to a Category 1 storm as its maximum sustained winds dropped to 80 mph (130 kph), down from 100 mph (160 kph). The hurricane center said Elida will continue to weaken as it moves over cooler water.
The hurricane was located about 955 miles (1,535 kilometers) off the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula Thursday afternoon.
In the open Atlantic, Tropical Storm Bertha had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 kph) after pummeling the resort island of Bermuda.
