Baja California Resort City Braces As Hurricane John Roars Ashore
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MEXICO CITY, Sept. 1 -- Tourists who thought they would spend Labor Day weekend sunning themselves instead clustered in hotel ballrooms late Friday in the Mexican resort city of Cabo San Lucas as Hurricane John slapped the southern tip of Baja California.
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Hurricane John lost strength on  Thursday as it trekked up Mexico's Pacific coastline and was  downgraded to a less powerful category 2 storm, the U.S.-based  National Hurricane Center said.
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Three people died when Hurricane John swept through Mexico's Baja California state at the weekend, officials say.
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Tourists fled hotels and desperately sought flights home, while at least 15,000 residents were ordered to higher ground Thursday as a slightly weakened Hurricane John bore down on the resort of Cabo San Lucas.
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Hurricane Ivo churned across the  Pacific toward Mexico on Thursday and is likely to hit the Baja  California peninsula early next week, the U.S. National  Hurricane Center said.
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Tropical Storm Lane gained strength   as it pounded Mexico's Pacific coast with rain and high winds   on Friday and forecasters said it could become a hurricane   later in the day as it heads toward tourist resorts.
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Wildfires spread to threaten new areas   Up to 950,000 people already evacuatedOfficials hope winds will aid firefighters todayHelp given by Mexico, state prisoners
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Hurricane John grew into a powerful   cyclone off Mexico's Pacific Coast on Tuesday, threatening to   trigger dangerous flash floods and mudslides as it neared   Acapulco and other tourist resorts.
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MANZANILLO, Mexico  - Hurricane John punished   Mexican ports and beaches with huge sea surges, heavy rains and   strong winds on Thursday morning as the powerful storm swirled   in the Pacific Ocean off the coast.
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Parts of the Caribbean are bracing themselves for the arrival of Hurricane Ivan within the next 36 hours.
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LOS CABOS, Mexico  - Hurricane Lane quickly picked   up strength and raced along Mexico's Pacific coast on Friday,   threatening to become a major storm over the weekend but   veering away from a luxury resort popular with U.S. tourists.
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Tropical Storm Lane approached   hurricane strength on Friday as it lashed Mexico's Pacific   coast with rain and wind on its way to luxury tourist resorts   on the Baja California peninsula.
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LA PAZ, Mexico  - Hurricane John crept up Mexico's   Baja California peninsula on Saturday after blasting the   tourist port city of La Paz with wicked winds and torrential   rain that knocked out power and flooded streets but caused no   deaths.
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Southeastern Newfoundland braced Monday for Tropical Storm Isaac, packing nearly 60 mph winds, with forecasters warning of heavy rain and a coastal storm surge.
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By WILL WEISSERT CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico - Tropical Storm Lane became a Category 2 hurricane Friday as it roared toward the tip of the Baja California Peninsula, lashing Mexico's Pacific coast, flooding port cities and causing a landslide that killed a 7-year-old boy.
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Powerful winds from Hurricane John slammed into the southern tip of Baja California on Friday, forcing tourists to take shelter in luxury hotel ballrooms and local residents in vacant schoolhouses.
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George Town, Cayman Islands - People stood on rooftops of flooded homes on Monday in the Cayman Islands, pummelled by Hurricane Ivan before the massive storm strengthened to an extremely dangerous Category 5 storm and headed for Cuba.