Grace weakens to a tropical storm, but is expected to reemerge in the Gulf of Mexico as a hurricane Birmingham, AL, USA / WATV • MyV949.com CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP Hero Aug 19, 2021 | 1:02 AM After striking Haiti and impacting other Caribbean islands this week as a tropical storm, an intensifying Hurricane Grace is expected to make landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico Thursday morning.