Hurricane Norma has come ashore near the resorts of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula, and hours later Hurricane Tammy made landfall on the Caribbean island of Barbuda.
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Both storms were Category 1 hurricanes when they hit.
The US National Hurricane Center said Norma, once a Category 4 hurricane, moved ashore on Saturday afternoon with winds of 130km/h near el Pozo de Cota, west-northwest of Cabo San Lucas.
Norma later weakened to a tropical storm with 110km/h winds as it crossed the Baja California Peninsula and by late Saturday it was nearing the Sea of Cortez, also known as the Gulf of California.
Businesses in Cabo San Lucas had nailed plywood over their windows, and government personnel hung banners warning people not to try to cross gullies and stream beds after Norma regained strength and again became a major storm Friday.
Norma was centered about 70km north-northeast of Cabo San Lucas late Saturday, the National Hurricane Center said. It was moving north-northeast at 9km/h, but was expected to take a harder turn toward the east on Sunday.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said via social media platform X that there had so been no reported loss of life from the storm. "Hurricane Norma already passed Los Cabos and there are only torrential rains in La Paz, but without loss of life."
In Cabo San Lucas, curious tourists began to pick their way along debris-strewn beaches after the storm passed.
Hotels in Los Cabos, which are largely frequented by foreign tourists, remained about three-quarters full and visitors made no major moves to leave en masse, officials said. The local hotel association estimated about 30,000 tourists were in Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo on Friday.
Airports were closed. San Jose del Cabo airport director Francisco Villasenor said he expected flights to resume by midday Sunday.
The US National Hurricane Center said Tammy came ashore Saturday night with 140km/h winds. The hurricane was moving north-northwest at 17km/h and by late Saturday was centred 25km north-northwest of Barbuda.
Hurricane warnings remained in effect for the islands of Barbuda, Anguilla, St. Martin and St. Barthelmy. The warning was lifted for Antigua.
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