CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — A powerful Hurricane is bearing down on the resort area of Los Cabos, prompting Mexican authorities to evacuate vulnerable coastal areas and prepare shelters for up to 30,000 people.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Odile’s (oh-DEELZ’) core is on a track to pass close to or directly over the south end of Baja California late today and into Monday and move by the southern portion of the peninsula on Tuesday.
Odile’s maximum sustained winds are 125 miles per hour. Its center is about 90 miles south-southeast of the southern tip of Baja California and is moving to the north-northwest at 16 mph.
David Korenfeld, director of Mexico’s National Water Commission, describes Odile as “highly dangerous.”
After reaching Category 4 strength earlier today, Odile has now been downgraded to Category 3. But it’s still a major storm that threatens to bring high winds, deadly surf and heavy rains to Baja and parts of the mainland, and forecasters say it could strengthen again as it approaches land.
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