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    Monstrous Hurricane Dora trudges away from Mexico

    ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Dora grew into a powerful Category 4 storm with winds of 140 mph (220 kph) Thursday as it moved past Mexico's southern Pacific coast, toppling a lighthouse and destroying some small beachside restaurants.

    The Mexican government discontinued tropical storm watches as Dora stayed well out to sea. But the waves generated by the hurricane battered the foundations of a small lighthouse about 35 miles (60 kilometers) east of the resort of Acapulco, toppling it Wednesday.

    About 60 thatch-roofed restaurants on beaches in the area, around La Penitas and La Bocana, were damaged or swept away by the storm.

    The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said the center of the hurricane was located about 265 miles (425 kilometers) south of Cabo Corrientes, Mexico, and about 500 miles south-southeast of the Los Cabos resort on the tip of the Baja California peninsula.

    The fourth hurricane of the eastern Pacific season was moving northwest at about 13 mph (20 kph), and is forecast to stay offshore. It is forecast to strengthen some before weakening on Friday.

    In the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Cindy formed well out to sea and posed no threat to land as it moved east. Tropical Storm Bret was forecast to weaken as it moved away from the Bahamas and well off the U.S. Atlantic coast.

     

    77 comments

    • Samuel  •  10 mths ago
      Some 30 years ago we had a Dora in Florida and she was very bad news, hope it works out for the people in that area. So far Atlantic Hurricane season has kinda been bla
      • rpexplorer 10 mths ago
        I don't understand, isn't the forecast for many storms this year? or maybe last year? or was it the year before? Global warming and mother of all storms don't you know?
      • Acoustic shadow 10 mths ago
        I thought these names were thought up 100 years ago, laid out for 200 years to go in order and not reused for both Oceans. . .Forgot about the other Dora.
        Sisters.?
    • ballsyacks  •  10 mths ago
      Yahoo never fails to provide me with my daily need of hilarious and racist comments. It could be an article on space exploration and everyone on here would turn it into a racial debate about some dumb crap. HAHA I love it.
      • Out of Control 10 mths ago
        N_ggers are ruining the world.
      • Sophia8898 10 mths ago
        Out of Control.. you are ruining the world! If you hate it here why don't you move up to the mountains with your backward racist brothers! You are ignorant! LOL, I love how you are hiding behind your computer. Too funny!
    • bob  •  10 mths ago
      Hundreds of dollars in damage!
    • Atilla  •  10 mths ago
      Hurricanes are Atlantic tropical storms. Typhoons are Pacific tropical storms. Who changed the definitions??
      • Acoustic shadow 10 mths ago
        Yeah , I see your point .But all major storms off the coast of the America's have been called hurricanes in the press for years/decades . Nohing's changed lately . They used to call tornadoes cyclones in Texas , etc . in the twentys .
      • Huddle Up 10 mths ago
        Actually, typhoons are found on the other side of the pacific,they are the same as a hurricane except that their rotation is opposite. It does not have anything to do with what ocean they form in....
      • Paul E C 10 mths ago
        Because you are ignorant...
        Hurricanes, typhoons and tropical cyclones are different names for the same type of storm. A tropical cyclone is called a hurricane in the North Atlantic Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, or the Northeast Pacific Ocean on the eastern side of the dateline. A typhoon occurs in the Northwest Pacific Ocean west of the dateline. In other parts of the world, these storms are called severe tropical cyclones.
    • Sam Reames  •  10 mths ago
      Hazel in 1954 went all the way up the U.S. coast then turned around , came back and slamed into Morehead City N.C. It then progressed all the way to Raleigh , turned around and went back out the same way it came in taking a 7 foot wall of water with it before going out to sea . It then went back up the U.S. east coast line destroying every thing in it's path . Never ever write off a hurricane as a threat until it passes Nova Scotia Canada . Hurricanes do any thing they want to do because they are the biggest thing out there . My advise about ALL hurricanes is if you are given warnig by the proper authorities ...LISTEN TO THEM . When something is comming your way that gives off the power of an atomic bomb every 60 seconds you would be wise to DUCK ! I am just useing this space to let people know that we will get the big one on the coast some day and if you want to live you have to obey the intellegent instruction given by the people who are in the "Know" so to speak .
      • PaulineG 10 mths ago
        You've got that right!
      • A 10 mths ago
        Nah, it's easier to rag on Al Gore. Folks, it's predictable that the weather will continue to become even more unpredictable.
    • Edward  •  10 mths ago
      does anyone know if a hurricane has ever made up the gulf of California and hit land? just curious
      • John T 10 mths ago
        Well, yes and no. In 1939, The Long Beach Tropical Storm, aka El Cordonazo, which had been a hurricane, was the only storm known to hit Southern California directly. It caused widespread damage and several deaths, mostly at sea.

        California has received the after-effects of numerous hurricanes, even the ones effecting the Gulf.
    • TAXPAYER  •  10 mths ago
      Just when you think you have heard all of the stupid things that are going on in the US -- this comes along...Black hurricanes....Well, it appears our African-American friends have found yet something else to be #$%$ about. A black congresswoman (this would be Sheila Jackson Lee, of Houston), reportedly complained that the names of hurricanes are all Caucasian sounding names.She would prefer some names that reflect African-American culture such as:Chamiqua, Tanisha, Woeisha,Shaquille, and Jamal.I am NOT making this up!She would also like the weather reports to be broadcast in 'language' that street people can understandbecause one of the problems that happened in New Orleans was, that black people couldn't understandthe seriousness of the situation, due to the racially biased language of the weather report.I guess if the weather person says that the winds are going to blow at 140+ MPH, that's too hard to understandI can hear it now: Aweatherman inNew Orleans says...Wazzup, mutha-fukkas! Hehr-i-cane Chamiqua be headin' fo' yo #$%$ like Leroy on a rocket#$%$ be a category fo'! So, turn off dem chitlins, grab yo' chirren, leave yo crib, and head fo' de' nearestFEMA office fo yo FREE shitWe hope this makes Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Happy !
    • ICU  •  10 mths ago
      I love the satellite photo's.....
    • J  •  10 mths ago
      My grandmother lives here in the states but she was born in Europe. She was watching the weather channel one day to check on some distubances in the Atlantic. That ominous music started playing in the background as they started their report. She looked at me and said " Why do they try to scare the people like this" I said grandma...thats how the media accompishes its goals
    • Intellekt  •  10 mths ago
      Call me callous, but I'm actually wanting a hurricane around the gulf so the leftovers will make its way to Texas where we are in dire need of rain.
    • tom r  •  10 mths ago
      That Dora was just being an explorer.
    • Jacob Smith  •  10 mths ago
      I can see the next hurricane becoming hurricane "Boots".
    • Linda Woodham  •  10 mths ago
      The news reports are what they are good or bad. Humans are given brains and are expected to use them to the best of their ability. When we are faced with problems we need to use them. If you ever see everything you have ever worked for floating away in 10 feet of water as I have, you will remember that. I am not being ugly with this post, just honest. Please pay attention to what is going on around you, it may save you and your famlies lives. I got out with the most important things mine and my sons life.
    • leslie  •  10 mths ago
      Monstrous???? Katrina was way bigger,,,,,what a joke these reports are
    • 100%american  •  10 mths ago
      Even the hurricane knows its not safe to go to mexico.
    • Daniel  •  10 mths ago
      did you ever stop nd think about the way the media have to have a crisis for everything?
      the sad part is media types really believe they are important
    • Anthony Cook  •  10 mths ago
      even the hurricanes dont want to stay in mexico
    • RJ  •  10 mths ago
      Wheres the map, and the tracking projectionssssss
    • I See U  •  10 mths ago
      It don't matter if it washes mexico away they ALL moved to Southern California ARIBBA OLE !
    • Stinkbug  •  10 mths ago
      Dora the explorer is leaving Mexico? Now thats news.
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