Hurricane Blanca roars toward Baja California Peninsula

[Judi Lynn]

Hurricane Blanca roars toward Baja California Peninsula
The Associated Press
Published Sunday, June 7, 2015 10:06AM EDT

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico -- Hurricane Blanca was weakening even as it roared toward Mexico's Baja California Peninsula on Sunday, and authorities put thousands of troops on alert and businesses boarded over windows ahead of its arrival.

The unpredictable storm had strengthened rapidly to a Category 4 storm on Saturday before weakening to Category 1 by Sunday morning.

Blanca is expected to approach Baja California's southwestern coastline later Sunday and move near or along the coast in the evening and on Monday. The director of Mexico's National Water Commission, Roberto Ramirez, said he was concerned about Blanca's "erratic" behaviour and warned residents along the coast to be prepared for intense rains.

In Baja California, 2,000 army troops and 1,321 marines were on alert, as well as emergency responders and power line technicians, said Civil Protection director Luis Felipe Puente.

More:
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/hurricane-blanca-roars-toward-baja-california-peninsula-1.2410491

[Warpy]

1. Category 1 now

It'll be mostly a rain storm when/if it hits any towns.

I was hoping it would hold together just long enough to rain itself out over southern CA but that doesn't look like it will happen. Winds will carry moisture to the northeast, away from CA.