Hurricane John, off Mexico's Pacific, strengthens
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Hurricane John, located off   Mexico's Pacific coast, was upgraded to an even more powerful   category 4 hurricane, the U.S.-based National Hurricane Center   said on Wednesday.
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ACAPULCO, Mexico  - Hurricane John barreled along   Mexico's Pacific coast on Wednesday as a dangerous Category 4   storm, pounding beach resorts with heavy rain and winds and   blowing down trees in Acapulco.
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Parts of Mexico's Gulf Coast were under a storm watch early Thursday as a tropical depression drifted closer, while Tropical Storm Karen slightly weakened in the open Atlantic Ocean.
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LOS CABOS, Mexico  - Hurricane John lumbered   toward a luxurious Mexican beach resort on Friday, forcing   thousands of tourists and residents into shelters to escape   high winds, angry seas and lashing rain.
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LA PAZ, Mexico  - 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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Hurricane John strengthened early Friday to Category 3 status as it neared the Baja California peninsula.
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MIAMI -- The outlook for South Florida and the Florida Keys improved considerably Saturday as Hurricane Ivan unexpectedly jogged west near Jamaica and forecasters kept moving the storm&#39;s projected track farther over the Gulf of Mexico.
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ACAPULCO, Mexico  - Hurricane John grew into a   dangerous Category 4 storm just off Mexico's Pacific coast on   Wednesday, threatening beach resorts with heavy rain and   searing winds and blowing down trees in Acapulco.
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Hurricane John lashed tourist resorts with heavy winds and rain Wednesday as the dangerous storm marched up Mexico's Pacific coast, and forecasters predicted its center would brush close to land before nicking the tip of Baja California and heading out to sea.
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LOS CABOS, Mexico  - Dangerous Hurricane John   roared toward one of Mexico's most exclusive beach resorts on   Friday, forcing hundreds of foreign tourists to flee ahead of   howling winds, angry seas and lashing rain.
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Rains from the remnants of Hurricane John soaked the northern half of Mexico's arid Baja California peninsula on Monday and threatened to cause flooding in the southwestern United States.
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Far away, off the coast of South America, the waters of the Pacific Ocean are cooling ominously. In the Atlantic, the sea surface remains warm. And overhead, the atmosphere is evolving toward what forecasters said yesterday could be a dangerous hurricane season.
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The sixth tropical storm of  the Atlantic hurricane season, Florence, strengthened into a  hurricane in the open Atlantic on Sunday, U.S. forecasters  said.
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Hurricane John's outer bands lashed western Mexico Tuesday night as the powerful Category 3 storm threatened to flood coastal areas and ruin vacations at some Pacific resorts.
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Tropical Storm Helene developed from a tropical depression in the open Atlantic late Wednesday, while Hurricane Gordon strengthened into a powerful Category 3 hurricane and the remnants of Hurricane Florence brought high winds and heavy rain to Newfoundland in Canada, forecasters said.
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La Nina conditions are developing in the Pacific Ocean, and that cooling of waters generally brings a more active Atlantic hurricane season, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.
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A Pacific storm strengthened into a hurricane late Wednesday but it was expected to weaken, the National Hurricane Center said.