Tropical storm targets Baja California after killing 7 in Mexico
Pastor Dale Morgan
Tropical storm targets Baja California after killing 7 in Mexico*
TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Sept 2 (AFP) Sep 03, 2007
Tropical storm Henriette was barreling for tourist resorts in Baja
California Sunday after killing seven people, five of them children, in
Mexico's Pacific coastal state of Chiapas.
Henriette dumped torrential rains in Guerrero state on Friday,
triggering a rockslide that buried six people in their homes in the
resort city of Acapulco, the Civil Protection service said.
Another man was killed when his vehicle was crushed under another rock
slide in jungle ravine in neighboring Chiapas state, the service added.
At 0000 GMT Monday, Henriette was 640 kilometers (395 miles) southeast
of the southern tip of Baja California, packing winds of 110 kilometers
(70) miles per hour, just 6.5 kilometers (four miles) per hour short of
hurricane strength, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said.
The tropical storm was heading in a west-northwest direction at 17
kilometers (10 miles) per hour, putting it on track to make landfall in
Baja California on Tuesday.
"Henriette is forecast to become a hurricane on Sunday," the Hurricane
Center said.