U.S. National Hurricane Center informs that Tropical Storm Fausto, which is expected to become a hurricane, and Hurricane Elida plowed across the Pacific Ocean, hundreds of miles from Mexico, whereas in the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Bertha moved away from Bermuda.

At 4 a.m., the center of Tropical Storm Bertha was situated about 355 miles east-northeast of the British overseas territory Bermuda.

Bertha, the longest-running July tropical storm on record in the Atlantic Ocean, is moving toward the southeast near 10 mph. Forecasts say a change in direction toward the east is likely to take place today and a northeastward rotation with some increase in forward speed is predicted tonight or Friday morning.

Maximum sustained winds are near 60 mph with higher gusts and anticipated minimum central pressure is 997 mb.

It is forecasted that later today or early Friday a system of thunderstorms and showers, which may become a tropical depression, will carry gusty winds and locally showers to the Windward Islands, the southern group of the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies.  “Regardless, heavy rains and gusty winds are likely to move over portions of Nicaragua and Honduras during the next day or so,'' the center stated. “These rains could cause life-threatening flash floods and mudslides.''

The next advisory is to be released by the National Hurricane Center at 10 a.m.