"MEXICO CITY -- The first tropical storm of the 2006 season showered light rain on the Mexican vacation resort of Acapulco today, although forecasters warned the weather could get worse.

A fierce hurricane season last year devastated New Orleans, ravaged Mexico's Cancun resort and left hundreds of Mayan Indians buried under mud in Guatemala.

Tropical Storm Aletta sat in the Pacific, 135 miles from Acapulco in the western state of Guerrero, with maximum sustained winds of 45 miles per hour, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami, which said the storm could move toward land over the next day."