The Pacific hurricane season has been busy, with nine named storms and 3-soon-to-be-4 hurricanes, but August is a big month for Atlantic storms.

Tropical Storm Gil strengthened into a hurricane in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Friday but was not expected to threaten land, forecasters said. The Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Center said the storm was about 1,

Hurricane Gil is now situated about 1,000 miles southwest of the Baja California peninsula in Mexico, carrying steady winds of 75 mph (120 kph), according to weather experts, who have also warned of t