World News | Tropical Storm Carr strengthens in Gulf off Mexico coast

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 13 (AP) — Tropical Storm Carr is expected to close southward on Mexico’s southern Gulf Coast on Wednesday and approach land over the weekend without increasing its hurricane intensity.

The National Hurricane Center said Carr had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 kph) late Wednesday afternoon.

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It is about 380 kilometers north-northeast of the port city of Veracruz and is still moving north at 2 mph (4 km/h).

While Carr is likely to move north for longer, atmospheric conditions could reverse it back to Mexico’s southern Gulf Coast, where it should weaken but could reach land early Saturday, the center said.

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Tropical storm strong winds extended 115 miles (185 kilometers) from the center.

Carr could bring as much as 12 inches (30 centimeters) of rain to remote parts of Veracruz and Tabasco, the hurricane center said.

Carr formed a day after former Hurricane Julia made landfall on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, killing at least 28 people in Central America and Mexico a day after it dissipated in the Pacific Ocean. (Associated Press)

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