MEXICO CITY – Tropical Storm Cristobal crept along just inland over Mexico’s Gulf coast state of Campeche on Thursday, threatening to cause flooding the next few days before a predicted turn northward toward the U.S.
The storm’s sustained winds weakened to 40 mph (65 kph) after it moved inland Wednesday near the oil town of Ciudad del Carmen.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said it was expected to weaken into a tropical depression on Thursday, but then begin strengthening once it moved back over the Gulf of Mexico on Friday.
Cristobal was forecast to be out in the central Gulf on Saturday and could be nearing the U.S. Gulf Coast by Sunday, the hurricane center said.