Hurricane Genevieve roars in the Pacific as Fausto weakens to a tropical storm near Hawaii

Hurricane Genevieve roars in the Pacific as Fausto weakens to a tropical storm near Hawaii To continue reading, please subscribe: Digital Subscription One year of digital access for only $205* - Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com - Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper - Access News Break, our award-winning app - Play interactive puzzles *First annual payment billed as $205.00 + GST for one year. This annual subscription will automatically renew at $233.00 + GST every 52 weeks (10% off the regular annual price of $259.35). Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time. To continue reading, please subscribe: Add Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only an additional $1 for the first 4 weeks* *Your next Brandon Sun subscription payment will increase by $1.00 and you will be charged $17.95 plus GST for four weeks. After four weeks, your payment will increase to $24.95 plus GST every four weeks. MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Genevieve was roaring in the Pacific Ocean far from land early Tuesday at the same time that the weakening Tropical Storm Fausto was bringing large surf to Hawaii. Genevieve is a Category 4 hurricane, after briefly reaching Category 5 early Monday, the first in the East Pacific region in two years, the National Hurricane Center said. It was expected to stay far out to sea on a course roughly parallel with the Mexico coast. Genevieve had maximum sustained winds of 140 mph (220 kph), according to the Miami-based hurricane center. Genevieve’s center was located about 515 miles (830 kilometers) southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula and was headed northwest at 10 mph (17 kph). No coastal watches or warnings were in effect, but the hurricane center said that swells from the storm — likely causing “life-threatening surf and rip current conditions” — were affecting parts of Mexico’s southwestern coast and the Baja California peninsula. Genevieve was expected to fluctuate in intensity before weakening later in the week. Farther northwest in the Pacific, Hurricane Fausto has weakened to a tropical storm as it continues on a path in the general direction of the Hawaiian Islands. Forecasters said Fausto is expected to pass north of Hawaii, but residents should still monitor the progress of the storm for impacts Large surf and strong currents were increasing on east-facing shores along Hawaii’s islands, the hurricane center said. Fausto had maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 kph). It was centered about 340 miles (545 kilometers) east-northeast of Hilo, Hawaii, and traveling west-northwest at 15 mph (24 kph).