Once-Mighty Bud Weakens to Tropical Storm on Track to Baja

Hurricane Bud made a brief run as a powerful Category 4 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast, but quickly weakened into a tropical storm by Wednesday morning, easing — but not completely ending — the threat to resorts in its path at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Bud's maximum sustained winds had lessened to 65 mph (100 kph), down from 130 mph (210 kph) the day before. It was projected to weaken further, but it was still...

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