Photos: Hurricane Odile slams Baja California Peninsula

A man walks on a street where most power lines and light posts have been knocked down by Hurricane Odile in Los Cabos, Mexico. (Victor R. Caivano / Associated Press)

Sept. 15, 2014 8:55 AM PT

Hurricane Odile hammered Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula overnight, tearing away the facades of luxury resorts, shattering countless car and hotel windows and leaving lobbies swamped and full of debris.

A kid walks by a souvenir store damaged by Hurricane Odile on San Lucas’ main street in Los Cabos, Mexico. (Victor R. Caivano / Associated Press)

Mexican soldiers try to stop people from looting a convenience store destroyed by Hurricane Odile, in Los Cabos, Mexico. (Victor R. Caivano / Associated Press)

Maria Ramirez, left, puts the shoes on her one-year-old niece Maritza next to the remains of their home that was destroyed by Hurricane Odile in Los Cabos, Mexico. (Victor R. Caivano / Associated Press)

Raimundo Diaz Cruz, left, and his wife Graciela Castillo, right, salvage wood beans and bricks to rebuild their house after it was destroyed by Hurricane Odile in Los Cabos, Mexico. (Victor R. Caivano / Associated Press)

Strong winds blow palm trees on the beach in Los Cabos, as Hurricane Odile turned into a Category 4 hurricane. (Victor R. Caivano / Associated Press)

Tourists sit on the concrete stairs in the service area of a resort after the designated shelter was destroyed by Hurricane Odile. (Victor R. Caivano / Associated Press)

Tourists watch the ocean swells generated by Hurricane Odile from inside a swimming pool at a resort in Los Cabos, Mexico. (Victor R. Caivano / Associated Press)

Tourists rest inside a shelter at a resort in Los Cabos, Mexico, as Hurricane Odile batters the Baja California Peninsula. (Victor R. Caivano / Associated Press)

Waves in Cabo San Lucas. Hurricane Odile swirled menacingly toward Mexico’s Los Cabos resorts on Sept. 14, forcing authorities to evacuate high-risk areas and open shelters as the powerful storm threatened. (Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP/ Getty Images)

The waves in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, as Hurricane Odile swirled menacingly toward Mexico’s Los Cabos resorts. (Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP/ Getty Images)

A family from San Jose cover themselves with pillows as they sit on the concrete stairs in the service area of a resort after the designated area for shelter was destroyed by winds in Los Cabos, Mexico. (Victor R. Caivano / Associated Press)

A view of an empty street in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, as Hurricane Odile made landfall. (Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP/ Getty Images)

A child eats a piece of bread as families rest in a school serving as a shelter after being evacuated from their homes in Los Cabos, Mexico. (Victor R. Caivano / Associated Press)