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COURTESY NOAA / NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says Norbert reached hurricane strength on Wednesday, packing top sustained winds of 75 mph. It is centered about 215 miles south of the Baja peninsula.
MIAMI >> Hurricane Norbert is churning in the Pacific well off the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said early Thursday that Norbert was packing top sustained winds of 80 mph. It’s centered about 165 miles south of the Baja peninsula.
Forecasters say Norbert, which reached hurricane strength Wednesday, is heading northwest near 6 mph and expected to approach the southern tip of the peninsula Thursday and trek nearly parallel to the Pacific coast Friday.
Forecasters say a tropical storm warning is in effect from La Paz to Cabo San Lazaro, while a tropical storm watch is in effect north of Cabo San Lazaro to Puerto San Andresito and north of La Paz to San Evaristo.
