Powerful Hurricane Odile Goes Inland After Hit Near Baja's Cabo San Lucas Brian K. Sullivan and Lars Paulsson - Bloomberg
go to original September 14, 2014

Hurricane Odile was the most powerful storm to hit Cabo San Lucas on the Baja California peninsula in Mexico. A Category 3 hurricane when it made landfall, Odile had winds of 125 mph. (The Weather Channel)

Hurricane Odile, the strongest to hit Baja California Sur in decades, weakened slightly as it battered the Mexican peninsula with high winds and rain.

Odile went ashore near the resort city of Cabo San Lucas at about 10:45 p.m. Mexico City time yesterday as a Category 3 storm with winds of 125 miles (201 kilometers) per hour, tying 1967 storm Olivia as the area’s most powerful at landfall in the satellite era, said the U.S. National Hurricane Center.

It is now a Category 2 system about 40 miles west of La Paz, Mexico, with top winds of 110 mph.

“The hurricane should steadily weaken during the next few days while the circulation and inner-core continue to interact with the Baja California peninsula,” the center said.

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