Hundreds Evacuate Low Shore Areas, Mountain Villages as Hurricane Looms Jose Antonio Rivera - Associated Press
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A resident walks through a flooded street as she takes cover from rain caused by Hurricane Raymond in Acapulco, Mexico. Raymond, a Category 3 hurricane, had winds of up to 120 mph early Monday; the storm was more than 100 miles offshore. (Jesus Solano/Reuters)

Associated Press Update: Raymond weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm Wednesday and began moving away from Mexico's Pacific coast. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Raymond's maximum sustained winds decreased to near 65 mph (100 kph) with additional weakening possible over the next few days. At its peak, the storm was a Category 3 hurricane with winds of 125 mph.

ACAPULCO, Mexico — Authorities moved hundreds of people from isolated mountain communities and low-lying shore areas as a strong Hurricane Raymond loomed off Mexico's already storm-battered southern Pacific coast.

Guerrero state Gov. Angel Aguirre urged people to stay off the streets, roads and highways Tuesday because of potentially dangerous rains from the Category 3 storm that meandered offshore.

"The phenomenon's behavior is completely erratic, completely unpredictable," Aguirre said Monday night.

Although forecasts predicted Raymond's center wouldn't come ashore, the storm still threatened to push heavy rains over the soaked region, which sustained widespread damage in September from floods and landslides set off by Tropical Storm Manuel.

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