Tropical Storm Hermine heads for Mexico-Texas coast

Tropical Storm Hermine formed in the southwest Gulf of Mexico on Monday and strengthened slightly as it moved toward the coast of northeast Mexico and southern Texas, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Tropical storm warnings were in effect from Tampico, Mexico to the south Texas coast from the Rio Grande River to Baffin Bay, the Miami-based center said.

On its current track, Hermine does not threaten the main concentration of U.S. oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.

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