Hurricane Genevieve, which strengthened into the eastern Pacific's first Category 5 storm since 2024, has been downgraded back to a tropical storm, according to an update from the National Hurricane Center (NHC) Thursday night. AccuWeather said that Genevieve developed from a tropical depression on July 24 far off Mexico's coast, strengthening into a tropical storm later that day. Read More on WeatherThe outlet added that as of Thursday morning, Genevieve was a 100-mph, Category 2 hurricane. According to a release from the NHC on Thursday evening, however, Genevieve had weakened to a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph. Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season Storm NamesThe official 2026 eastern north Pacific storm-name list, as published by the NHC, is: