Mexican authorities evacuated people from low-lying areas around the resort city Cabo San Lucas as a slightly weakened Tropical Storm Javier churned near the tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula. Authorities in Cabo San Lucas set up 10 storm shelters, mostly at local schools, and moved families from homes in low-lying areas near streams. Slowing its forward movement to 5 mph, Javier promised an extended battering with wind and rain through Wednesday morning as it headed northward brushing the Pacific shore of southern Baja. The storm was centered about 30 miles south-southeast of Cabo San Lucas late Monday, with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph, down from a peak of 65 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. In neighboring Veracruz, 13 people lost their lives when mudslides hit the towns of Coscomatepec, Tequila and Huayacocotla, Gov.

Source: Fox News August 09, 2016 04:09 UTC