TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Richard was gaining strength on Saturday as it dumped rain on Honduras and was seen becoming a hurricane before hitting Belize and Mexico's Yucatan peninsula later in the weekend.
Richard had top sustained winds of 70 miles per hour (110 kph) and would likely barrel through southern Mexico and emerge in Mexico's oil-rich Bay of Campeche on Tuesday as a tropical depression, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
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