Residents and vacationers were left to scoot in shelters and hotel conference rooms as a category 3 storm - Hurricane Odile - made a landfall on the southern Baja California peninsula.
The pounding rain coupled with strong wind appeared pretty devastating as it touched the ground before weakening.
These rains are likely to result in life-threatening flashfloods and mud slides. The center of Odile will move over the extreme southern Baja California peninsula in a few hours and move near or over Baja California through Tuesday. Swells from Odile will affect portions of the southwestern coast of Mexico during the next couple of days and are already affecting southern portions of the Baja California peninsula and the southern Gulf of California. These swells will likely cause life- threatening surf and rip current conditions.
Odile is the seventh major hurricane of the Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season.
Odile was expected to move northwest to the southern and central Baja peninsula from Sunday night through Tuesday with damaging hurricane-force winds. Odile should begin to weaken later Monday as it picks up more stable air and cooler water, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Local residents and tourists may witness extended power outages along with loss of basic services.
The amount of rain is expected to trigger flash flooding and mudslides, especially since the region was just soaked by Hurricane Norbert.
