Alex becomes 1st hurricane of 2010 season
A lifeguard stands next to a red flag meaning high hazard of high surf and/or strong currents as then-tropical storm Alex nears the region in the resort city of Cancun, Mexico. (June 26, 2010.) Credit: AP
MIAMI (AP) — Alex has become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season and is churning through the western Gulf, taking aim at the Mexico-Texas border and far away from the massive oil spill.
Alex had maximum sustained winds at 75 mph (120 kph) late Tuesday. The National Hurricane Center says the Category 1 storm is the first June Atlantic hurricane since 1995.
Forecasters says landfall seems likely Wednesday night.
Hurricane-force winds extended up to 15 miles (30 kilometers) from the storm’s center. Tropical storm-force winds extend 175 miles (280 kilometers).
A hurricane warning was posted for the Texas coast from Baffin Bay, south to the mouth of the Rio Grande river and south to La Cruz, Mexico.
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