Hurricane Gil was continuing to churn in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Saturday but is not expected to threaten land and is likely to decrease in strength rapidly over the weekend, forecasters said. The Miami-based U.

Tropical Storm Gil was expected to become a hurricane in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Friday but wasn't expected to threaten land, forecasters said. The Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Center said the storm is about 870 miles (1,

Hurricane Gil was classified as a storm but it has been upgraded - and, as it has now formed in the eastern Pacific, forecasters say it could reach California in the US as soon as today