Hurricane Jimena weakened yesterday after slamming Mexico's Baja California peninsula with howling winds and drenching the Los Cabos resort area where tourists took refuge in boarded-up hotels.
The storm's force eased as it neared land but the US National Hurricane Center said a hurricane warning remained in effect for the northern part of the peninsula and "preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion".
The centre said Jimena was now a Category 2 storm with winds of 165kph and stronger gusts, after it dropped from an extremely dangerous Category 4 and then to Category 3.
Jimena was about 110km southsoutheast of Cabo San Lazaro and moving north-northwest at 20kph.
Sheets of rain poured from dark grey skies as Jimena's winds buffeted the tip of the peninsula, home to world-class golf courses, yachting marinas and fivestar hotels.
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