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In Pacific, Barbara heads for the coast
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published June 2, 2007
MEXICO CITY - The second named storm of the eastern Pacific hurricane season regained tropical storm force Friday and was expected to hit the coast of Mexico or Guatemala this weekend. A tropical storm watch was in force from Sipacate, Guatemala, to Barra de Tonala, Mexico, and the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami warned that Barbara was gaining strength and could unleash life-threatening flooding and mud slides. The storm was forecast to dump up to 10 inches of rain over portions of southeastern Mexico and Guatemala - and up to 20 inches in parts. With maximum winds of 50 mph, the storm was centered about 140 miles southwest of the Guatemala-Mexico border late Friday. The storm was slowly moving east-northeast at 5 mph. However, Barbara was expected to make a turn toward the northeast - toward the coast - and hit land either in Guatemala or Mexico within 36 hours, the hurricane center said. Barbara had weakened to a tropical depression late Thursday. The first tropical storm of the eastern Pacific's 2007 season, Alvin, faded at sea Thursday. The eastern Pacific hurricane season opened on May 15.
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