Tropical Storm Norbert forms off southern Mexico

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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Norbert is strengthening off Mexico's southern Pacific coast and could become a hurricane in the next 24 hours.

The center says Norbert is centered 215 miles south of the Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa resort area with winds of 60 mph (95 kph).

Norbert formed late Saturday and the center says it could become a hurricane by Monday. Its northwestern path could bring it west of the Baja California Peninsula by Friday morning.

Tropical Storm Marie, meanwhile, lingered 845 miles southwest of the southern tip of Baja California, posing no threat to land.