According to CBS News about 2200 NOAA employees have been fired or have taken buyouts since January. About 500 worked at the National Weather Service, which oversees the National Hurricane Center.

Two to four inches of rainfall in portions of Mexico's western states may lead to flooding and mudslides through Monday.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Tropical Storm Barbara is strengthening off the southwest coast of Mexico.

Tropical Storm Barbara threatens hurricane off Mexico - Barbara was located approximately 170 miles southwest of Zihuatanejo ...

MEXICO CITY — Tropical Storm Barbara was strengthening Sunday off the southwest coast of Mexico and was expected to become a hurricane but without menacing land, the National Hurricane Center in Miami ...