Tropical Storm Sergio

Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Tropical Storm Sergio grew stronger this morning off Mexico's Pacific Coast to become the region's 10th hurricane of the season.

Sergio, the 19th named storm of the May-to-November Eastern Pacific hurricane season, was 430 miles (692 kilometers) south of Manzanillo with winds of 73 miles per hour (102 kilometers per hour), the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The storm is stationary, said Lixion Avila, senior hurricane specialist at the Miami-based center.

``It's not affecting anybody,'' Avila said in a telephone interview. ``We still think it's going to get a little stronger.''

The hurricane center predicts a gradual northward track and sustained winds reaching 92 mph tomorrow. The five-day forecast shows the hurricane over water but close to the southwest coast of Mexico, Avila wrote. Even if it remains over water, coastal communities will have heavy rain and wind, he said.

For now, the biggest danger is from high surf, the hurricane center said. Waves generated by Hurricane Paul in October killed two people in Baja California.

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