Hurricane Odile

Andres, the first storm of the Pacific season, strengthened today to a Category Two hurricane as it churned hundreds of kilometers off the coast of Mexico, the National Weather Service said.

Friday is expected to see the first hurricane of the Eastern Pacific storm season, US meteorologists warned, heralding the start of a turbulent six-month period.

There is still no water, no electricity and almost nothing to eat in Los Cabos, a small corner of paradise in northwestern Mexico leveled by Hurricane Odile.

Tropical Storm Polo churned south of the Baja California Peninsula on Saturday, whipping up waves and threatening to dump more rain on residents still recovering from Hurricane Odile.

Mexican military and commercial airplanes began Tuesday to airlift tourists stranded in the Los Cabos resorts after Hurricane Odile left luxury hotels and communities in tatters.

Hurricane Odile destroyed homes and shut down airports in Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Monday, sparking looting, marooning thousands of foreign tourists and injuring 135 people.

Hurricane Odile swirled menacingly toward Mexico's Los Cabos resorts on Sunday, leading authorities to evacuate high-risk areas and open shelters as the powerful storm threatened to thrash the Pacific coast.

Hurricane Odile uprooted trees and shook buildings as it bore down on Mexico's tourist haven of Baja California on Sunday, prompting the evacuation of thousands from the path of one of the worst recorded storms to slam the region's luxury resorts.

Hurricane Odile swirled menacingly toward Mexico's Los Cabos resorts on Sunday, leading authorities to evacuate high-risk areas and open shelters as the powerful storm threatened to thrash the Pacific coast.

Mexico put the Baja California peninsula on high alert on Sunday as Hurricane Odile churned towards the popular Los Cabos tourist resorts with swirling 135-mile-per-hour winds.

Mexico issued a hurricane watch for the western state of Baja California Sur on Saturday as a strengthening Odile swirled nearby in the Pacific Ocean.

Tropical Storm Odile was drifting off Mexico's southern Pacific coast early Friday, keeping out to sea but expected to gain strength over the coming day and possibly become a hurricane.

Andres, the first storm of the Pacific season, strengthened today to a Category Two hurricane as it churned hundreds of kilometers off the coast of Mexico, the National Weather Service said.

Friday is expected to see the first hurricane of the Eastern Pacific storm season, US meteorologists warned, heralding the start of a turbulent six-month period.

There is still no water, no electricity and almost nothing to eat in Los Cabos, a small corner of paradise in northwestern Mexico leveled by Hurricane Odile.

Tropical Storm Polo churned south of the Baja California Peninsula on Saturday, whipping up waves and threatening to dump more rain on residents still recovering from Hurricane Odile.

Mexican military and commercial airplanes began Tuesday to airlift tourists stranded in the Los Cabos resorts after Hurricane Odile left luxury hotels and communities in tatters.

Hurricane Odile destroyed homes and shut down airports in Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Monday, sparking looting, marooning thousands of foreign tourists and injuring 135 people.

Hurricane Odile swirled menacingly toward Mexico's Los Cabos resorts on Sunday, leading authorities to evacuate high-risk areas and open shelters as the powerful storm threatened to thrash the Pacific coast.

Hurricane Odile uprooted trees and shook buildings as it bore down on Mexico's tourist haven of Baja California on Sunday, prompting the evacuation of thousands from the path of one of the worst recorded storms to slam the region's luxury resorts.

Hurricane Odile swirled menacingly toward Mexico's Los Cabos resorts on Sunday, leading authorities to evacuate high-risk areas and open shelters as the powerful storm threatened to thrash the Pacific coast.

Mexico put the Baja California peninsula on high alert on Sunday as Hurricane Odile churned towards the popular Los Cabos tourist resorts with swirling 135-mile-per-hour winds.

Mexico issued a hurricane watch for the western state of Baja California Sur on Saturday as a strengthening Odile swirled nearby in the Pacific Ocean.

Tropical Storm Odile was drifting off Mexico's southern Pacific coast early Friday, keeping out to sea but expected to gain strength over the coming day and possibly become a hurricane.