FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Tropical Storm Bonnie formed Friday morning in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Nicaragua, forecasters said, and it’s making its way west, where the storm is expected to bring up to 12 inches of rain to parts of Central America before crossing over into the east Pacific.
Bonnie is the second named storm of what experts have predicted will be an exceptionally busy hurricane season with 20 named storms, 10 hurricanes and five major hurricanes in the forecast.
As of 9:15 a.m. Friday, Bonnie is located about 230 miles east-southeast of Bluefields, Nicaragua, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph moving west at 20 mph, according to the NHC.
