Hurricane Jimena formed in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday south of Mexico, said the US National Hurricane Center. Meanwhile, Danny weakened to a tropical depression as it continued to slowly progress to the north-northeast off the US east coast.

As of 5pm ET, Jimena was located about 270 miles south of Manzanillo, Mexico, and was moving west-northwest at about 12mph. The storm has maximum sustained winds of 105mph, and is now a category 2 hurricane. Forecasters say that it may strengthen to a "major" hurricane by Sunday.

A tropical depression in the eastern Pacific has strengthened and became Tropical Storm Kevin. At 5pm ET, the system was about 1,065 miles southwest of the southern tip of Baja California. It has maximum sustained winds of about 45mph, and was moving to the west-northwest at 5mph.