Powerful Hurricane Threatens Mexico's Baja California

Forecasters have issued a hurricane warning for southern Baja California in Mexico, as powerful Hurricane Odile heads toward the peninsula. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Odile is a major Category 4 storm with top sustained winds of 215 kilometers per hour. It predicts Odile will strike the area Sunday night and Monday, bringing as much as 38 centimeters of rain in some of the more mountainous regions. Forecasters warn of large and destructive waves, significant coastal...

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