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Two trop­i­cal storms gath­ered strength off Mex­i­co’s Pa­cif­ic Coast Mon­day, with one fore­cast to be­come a hur­ri­cane lat­er in the day, fore­cast­ers warned.

Trop­i­cal Storm Bar­bara was about 185 miles (295 kilo­me­tres) south­west of Man­zanil­lo, Mex­i­co ear­ly on Mon­day, with max­i­mum sus­tained winds of 70 mph (110 kph), ac­cord­ing to the U.S. Na­tion­al Hur­ri­cane Cen­tre in Mi­a­mi.

Bar­bara is ex­pect­ed to con­tin­ue mov­ing to­ward the west-north­west near 12 mph for the next cou­ple of days. It will reach hur­ri­cane strength lat­er on Mon­day but should be­gin weak­en­ing by Tues­day, the NHC said.