Tropical Storm Norma Forms in Pacific, Could Become Hurricane

Tropical Storm Norma and Hurricane Max NHC/ NOAA

Another tropical storm has formed—this time in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said in a 9 a.m. Thursday update.

Tropical Storm Norma was named on Thursday morning, and it comes as the Center, based in Miami, said that Hurricane Max became a Category 1 system on the southwestern side of Mexico. Norma is located hundreds of miles west of Max.