Hurricane Flossie has strengthened to a Category 2 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast and could become a major hurricane before weakening later this week. The National Hurricane Center reports the

Barry, the second named storm of this year's Atlantic hurricane season, became a tropical depression by Sunday night, when it made landfall shortly before 11 p.m. ET. It made landfall over Mexico's east coast about 15 miles south-southeast of Tampico, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Hurricane warning for Mexico coast as Flossie rapidly strengthens - Flossie is forecast to strengthen over the next 36 hours