Hurricane Barbara and Tropical Storm Cosme are being tracked through the eastern Pacific Ocean, off the coast of southwestern Mexico, according to the NHC.

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Tropical Storm Alvin According to the National Hurricane Center, tropical-storm-force winds are not anticipated to impact mainland Mexico or Baja California.

Hurricane Barbara has formed in the Pacific as the first hurricane in 2025. The National Hurricane Center is also tracking Tropical Storm Cosme.

Tropical Storm Barbara has strengthened into a hurricane, the first of the eastern Pacific hurricane season.

Storm tracker: Hurricane forecasters watch tropical waves and more The National Hurricane Center does not expect tropical cyclone activity in the Atlantic during the next seven days, but ...

Tropical Storm Barbara has strengthened into a hurricane, the first of the eastern Pacific hurricane season. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Monday that swells generated by the storm ...