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Hermine prompts hurricane watches in Mexico, Texas
Yahoo! News: "MIAMI (AFP)
Newly formed tropical storm Hermine pushed north in the Gulf of Mexico Monday, strengthening as it headed towards the US-Mexico border area, and threatening storm surges and even mudslides, forecasters said.
Hermine, the eighth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, was packing sustained winds of 85 kilometers (50 miles) per hour at 1500 GMT after picking up strength during the day, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
The Mexican government issued a hurricane watch from Rio San Fernando to the mouth of the Rio Grande, which is on the US border. The watch extends as far north as Baffin Bay, Texas, the hurricane center said.
Although Hermine's top winds were below hurricane strength, the Miami-based center said the storm 'could approach hurricane strength prior to landfall.' Tropical storm warnings were in effect on both sides of the border.
Forecasters said the system would dump between four to eight inches (10 to 20 centimeters) of rain on northeastern Mexico and south Texas, with up to 12 inches possible.
"These rainfall amounts may cause life-threatening flash floods and mudslides, especially over the higher terrain of northeastern Mexico," the center said.
It warned a storm surge of two to four feet (up to 1.2 meters) was also possible.
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