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The Associated Press
Posted: Aug 07, 2017 12:06 AM ET
Last Updated: Aug 07, 2017 12:06 AM ET
Tropical storm Franklin has formed over the northwestern Caribbean.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami reported late Sunday that Franklin was located 161 kilometres north of Cabo Gracias a Dios on the Nicaraguan-Honduran border with maximum sustained winds of 64 km/h. It was moving west-northwest at 21 km/h.
Land hazards with #Franklin include TS force winds & rainfall amounts of up to 12″ in Belize/Yucatan, causing life-threatening flash floods pic.twitter.com/mJie6G3zAg
It was expected to continue moving in that direction for the next 48 hours. Forecasters predicted it would move across the Yucatan Peninsula on Monday night and Tuesday.
It was expected to strengthen before reaching the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula.
Tropical-storm-force winds extended outward up to 169 kilometres from the centre, mainly to the northeast.
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