Tropical Storm Eta is expected to become a hurricane early Monday morning, with forecasters saying it will likely make its way to the Nicaraguan coast by early Tuesday.
As of late Sunday night, Eta — the 28th named Atlantic storm of the season — had maximum sustained winds of 70 mph and was 185 miles east of the Nicaragua-Honduras border, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Eta is moving westward at 13 mph.
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