Beginning as a tropical depression off the coast of Mexico on Monday, Boris escalated on Tuesday into the second named tropical storm of the 2014 Pacific season.

According to the most recent advisory from the National Hurricane Center (NHC), issued at 5:00 p.m. PST, Tropical Storm Boris was located near Latitude 15.4 North and Longitude 94.1 West, approximately 90 miles southeast of Salina Cruz, Mexico.

The storm is moving north at approximately five miles per hour and is expected to continue on this general trajectory over the next few days. The center of Boris is forecast to be near the coast of Mexico by Wednesday morning. As such, a tropical storm warning has been put into effect for the area stretching between Salina Cruz, Mexico and the border of Mexico and Guatemala.

The storm is bringing with it maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour with higher gusts and tropical storm force winds are extending outward up to 90 miles. These winds are already affecting the coast within the warning area and are expected to continue through the night.

The chief hazard affecting land in and near the warning area will be extremely heavy rainfall.

Boris is expected to produce between 10 and 20 inches of rain over a large portion of southern Mexico all throughout this week and into the weekend. Weather experts expect that up to 30 inches or more of rain is likely in the mountainous areas of the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Chiapas.

The storm is also expected to bring heavy rainfall to parts of Guatemala with total amounts expected within the five- to ten-inch range. This heavy rainfall amounts, both in Mexico and in Guatemala is likely to result in what could be life-threatening flash floods and mudslides.

Residents living in the affected areas are encouraged to monitor local news and announcements made by their national meteorological services for storm information specific to the areas where they reside.

Those residents and the rest of our readers can also check back with LatinPost.com for additional updates on the storm as new information and advisories become available.

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