Fiona weakens to a tropical depression as it heads toward Bermuda; depressions form in Pacific

Fiona weakens to a tropical depression in Atlantic

MIAMI — To the southeast of Earl in the Atlantic, Fiona is weakening and has become a tropical depression as it heads toward Bermuda.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Friday that Fiona had maximum sustained winds of 35 mph (55 kph). Fiona or its remnants are expected to pass near or east of Bermuda on Saturday. The island could see about an inch or less of rainfall.

In the Gulf of Tehuantepec near the southern coast of Mexico, the eleventh tropical depression of the Pacific season formed with winds of 35 mph (55 kph). The government of Mexico issued a tropical storm warning for the coast of southern Mexico from Boca de Pijijiapan west to Puerto Angel.

To the northwest, the tenth tropical depression of the season was headed away from the Mexican coast.