18 July 2008 - 09H52
Thousands displaced in Mexico floods
Thousands are displaced and isolated as massive flooding hits Central and Eastern Mexico, killing three.
WASHINGTON - Tropical Storm Fausto could strengthen to a
hurricane off Mexico's Pacific coast later on Friday but was
moving farther from land, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
Another storm farther from the Mexican west coast, Elida,
weakened to a tropical storm from a hurricane and could
diminish to a tropical depression in the next 48 hours as it
encounters cooler waters, the Miami-based center said.
Fausto had sustained winds near 70 mph (113 kph) and more
strengthening was expected in the next few days, the hurricane
center said in its 5 a.m. (0900 GMT) advisory. A tropical storm
becomes a hurricane when maximum sustained winds reach 74 mph
(119 kph).
Fausto's center was about 425 miles (684 km)
south-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico, and the storm was moving
west-northwest near 12 mph (19 kph).
"It is moving away from land," hurricane center forecaster
Lixion Avila said.
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