Forecasters say Tropical Storm Gil is expected to become a hurricane in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Friday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center reports the storm is about 870 miles southwest

Dexter became a tropical storm on Saturday night. As of late Monday, it was stirring up in the Atlantic Ocean about 345 miles north of Bermuda, the NOAA said. It had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph on Monday and was moving northeast.