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Season's first hurricane forms in Pacific off Mexico

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  • Center of the hurricane is far to the west of Mexico's Baja California peninsula
  • Boris strengthens into the first hurricane of the season, forecasters say
  • Storm is packing maximum sustained winds near 75 mph
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MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- Forecasters say a tropical storm in the Pacific is now a hurricane over the ocean far to the west of Mexico.

Hurricane Boris on Tuesday morning is hundreds of miles west of Mexico's Baja California peninsula.

Hurricane Boris on Tuesday morning is hundreds of miles west of Mexico's Baja California peninsula.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Tuesday that Boris strengthened into the first hurricane of the season.

The center of Hurricane Boris was hundreds of miles to the west of Mexico's Baja California peninsula.

The storm is moving farther toward the west and packing maximum sustained winds near 75 mph (120 kilometers per hour).

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