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| Hurricane batters Mexican coast | Hurricane batters Mexican coast |
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| Hurricane John has struck Mexico's Baja California peninsula with gusting winds and heavy rains, forcing locals and tourists to hunker down in shelters. | Hurricane John has struck Mexico's Baja California peninsula with gusting winds and heavy rains, forcing locals and tourists to hunker down in shelters. |
| Major resorts on the peninsula's southern tip escaped a direct hit from John's 105 mph (165 km/h) winds. | Major resorts on the peninsula's southern tip escaped a direct hit from John's 105 mph (165 km/h) winds. |
| The storm weakened to a category one hurricane as it knocked out electricity and downed trees in the state capital, La Paz, home to about 200,000 people. | The storm weakened to a category one hurricane as it knocked out electricity and downed trees in the state capital, La Paz, home to about 200,000 people. |
| Forecasters were warning of flash floods, landslides and sea surges. | Forecasters were warning of flash floods, landslides and sea surges. |
| The hurricane made landfall north of the glitzy resorts of Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo. | The hurricane made landfall north of the glitzy resorts of Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo. |
| Its winds had weakened to near 80 m/ph (130 km/h) on Saturday morning. | Its winds had weakened to near 80 m/ph (130 km/h) on Saturday morning. |
| The Mexican authorities were on full alert, amid earlier warnings the storm could be the worst to hit the peninsula in a decade. | The Mexican authorities were on full alert, amid earlier warnings the storm could be the worst to hit the peninsula in a decade. |
| Scramble to leave | Scramble to leave |
| People with homes in low-lying areas crowded into temporary shelters. | People with homes in low-lying areas crowded into temporary shelters. |
| "Nobody is leaving until the red alert is lifted," David Manriquez from the civil protection agency in Los Cabos told Reuters. "That might happen Saturday morning." | "Nobody is leaving until the red alert is lifted," David Manriquez from the civil protection agency in Los Cabos told Reuters. "That might happen Saturday morning." |
| Earlier, as the storm moved in on the resort towns of Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo, residents queued to buy petrol and essential supplies. | Earlier, as the storm moved in on the resort towns of Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo, residents queued to buy petrol and essential supplies. |
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| Shop owners and businesses in the area boarded up windows to protect them against the hurricane. | Shop owners and businesses in the area boarded up windows to protect them against the hurricane. |
| Hundreds of tourists scrambled to leave the resorts, most of them heading back to homes in the US. | Hundreds of tourists scrambled to leave the resorts, most of them heading back to homes in the US. |
| A Mexican tourism official, Alberto Trevino, said visitors who had chosen to remain were relocated within hotels. | A Mexican tourism official, Alberto Trevino, said visitors who had chosen to remain were relocated within hotels. |
| "Some hotels have appropriate facilities, ballrooms or rooms that are safer and they are moving their tourists there," he told the Associated Press news agency. | "Some hotels have appropriate facilities, ballrooms or rooms that are safer and they are moving their tourists there," he told the Associated Press news agency. |
| The hurricane is expected to move up the peninsula and then out west over the Pacific Ocean and dissipate, posing no threat to the US. | The hurricane is expected to move up the peninsula and then out west over the Pacific Ocean and dissipate, posing no threat to the US. |
| Are you in Mexico? Are you preparing for the arrival of Hurricane John? Send us your comments using the form below. | Are you in Mexico? Are you preparing for the arrival of Hurricane John? Send us your comments using the form below. |
| If you have pictures or moving footage you can send them to yourpics@bbc.co.uk or text them to 07725 100 100. You should not endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe any laws. | If you have pictures or moving footage you can send them to yourpics@bbc.co.uk or text them to 07725 100 100. You should not endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe any laws. |
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