The NHC, in a public advisory: "Outer bands of Hurricane Flossie continue to bring locally heavy rainfall to coastal portions of the Mexican states of Michoacán, Colima, and Jalisco into Wednesday.

MEXICO CITY — Hurricane Barbara continued plowing northwest away from land Monday afternoon after strengthening from a tropical storm earlier in the day.

Large and powerful hurricanes like Erin can generate huge waves that can batter coastal areas hundreds of miles from the ...