Jimena weakening after plowing into Mexico

LOS CABOS, Mexico – Tropical Storm Jimena was moving north along the east coast of Mexico's Baja California early Thursday, a day after hitting the peninsula as a hurricane that ripped off roofs and toppledpower poles.

Jimena, which also skirted the peninsula's main resorts, weakened to a tropical storm later in the day Wednesday.

The once-massive Category 4 hurricane brought welcome rainfall to a drought-stricken state after making landfall Wednesday afternoon between Puerto San Andresito and San Jaunico, a sparsely populated area of fishing villages on the Pacific coast of the peninsula.

Wind gusts and heavy rains blew down dozens of trees and lamp posts in Loreto, the nearest significant resort town to the area where Jimena made landfall, according to Humberto Carmona, a city official manning an emergency response center. Loreto lies roughly on the other side of the narrow peninsula from where Jimena made landfall. link...