Tropical Storm Cristina Forms Off Nicaragua With 45 mph Winds as 12 Inches of Rain Loom
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Updated · The Associated Press · Jun 9
Tropical Storm Cristina Forms Off Nicaragua With 45 mph Winds as 12 Inches of Rain Loom
3 articles · Updated · The Associated Press · Jun 9
Summary
Cristina formed Monday in the eastern Pacific off Nicaragua with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph, centered about 105 miles west-northwest of Managua.
A tropical storm warning covers the coast from Puerto Sandino to the Guatemala-El Salvador border as the system tracks near Central America.
Forecasters expect 4 to 8 inches of rain through Thursday across coastal Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, with isolated totals reaching 12 inches.
Cristina is the second tropical storm active in the eastern Pacific; Boris was spinning off Mexico and was expected to make landfall Tuesday.