Hurricane Closes In on Baja; 9 Killed
Tropical storm Greg was upgraded to a hurricane Monday night and lashed Mexico’s Pacific Coast, killing nine people, officials and news reports said.
Six people died in the central state of Morelos, two in the Pacific coastal state of Colima and one in the southern state of Chiapas, Mexico’s Televisa evening news reported.
Authorities began evacuating hundreds of residents in low-lying areas Monday as Greg’s winds strengthened to 75 mph over the Pacific Ocean. The center of the hurricane was projected to pass just south of Cabo San Lucas, a town on the southernmost tip of the Baja California peninsula that is popular with American sports fishermen.
Authorities have declared a hurricane watch for the southern part of the peninsula.
At 7 p.m., the center of the hurricane was 70 miles southeast of Cabo San Lucas and was moving northwest. Forecasters expected it to pass within a few miles of the town early today.
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