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CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico -- Tropical Storm Lidia has caused four deaths in Mexico s Los Cabos, officials said Friday as it continued to lash the resort-studded southern Baja California Peninsula with heavy rains.Arturo de la Rosa Escalante, mayor of the twin resorts of Los Cabos, said two people were electrocuted by power lines, a woman drowned after being swept away by water on a flooded street and a baby was ripped from its mother s arms as she crossed a flooded area.About 1,400 people sought refuge at storm shelters.The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Lidia m adidas originals samba ade landfall early Friday west of La Paz, the capital of Baja California Sur state.Lidia s wind strength eased slightly to 60 mph, and further weakening was forecast over the next few days as the storm reaches mountainous terrain. The storm was centered about 65 miles west-northwest of La Paz and was heading northwest at about 9 mph.The center said Lidia could produce accumulations of as much as 6 to 12 inches of rain across much of Baja California and parts of the mainland, threatening flash floods and landslides. mizuno de Hurricane Irma now a Category 3 storm 03:32 Lidia has also spread rains over a broad swath of Mexico including the capital, where it was blamed for flooding that briefly closed t nike dunk high he city s airport this week and a 30-foot-w Qtub Bush An Appeaser, Says Egyptian Press
A series of explosions and gunfire rocked Fallujah on Wednesday in new fighting after a heavy battle the night before in which U.S. warplanes and artillery pounded the city in a show of force against Sunni insurgents holed up in a city slum.Gunfire and mortar blasts could be heard for more than an hour from southwestern Fallujah in the afternoon, then three thunderous explosions shook the ar stanley termoska ea as U.S. warplanes circled over head. A black plume of smoke r stanley cup ose over the area.Tuesday night s heavy bombardment followed the end of a two-day extension of a cease-fire. A Marine and eight insurgents were killed in Fallujah on Monday.Despite the battles in stanley flask the city, U.S. officials say they are pushing ahead with negotiations to resolve the Fallujah standoff rather than launch an all-out offensive. Earlier Wednesday, CBS News Lisa Barron reported that Iraqi security forces had begun patrolling the city, having been ordered to fan out through the streets because U.S. troops would be entering soon. Joint patrols of U.S. and Iraqi forces could start as early as Thursday. Some U.S. officers have expressed concerns that the patrols could be targeted by militants who refused to surrender their weapons.In other developments:Saddam Hussein is spending his 67th birthday Wednesday mdash; once a national holiday in Iraq mdash; in a secret jail.Gunmen ambushed a Ukrainian convoy outside the city of Kut, killing a soldier. Overnight, a Polish patrol battled insurgents after being ambushed n
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico -- Tropical Storm Lidia has caused four deaths in Mexico s Los Cabos, officials said Friday as it continued to lash the resort-studded southern Baja California Peninsula with heavy rains.Arturo de la Rosa Escalante, mayor of the twin resorts of Los Cabos, said two people were electrocuted by power lines, a woman drowned after being swept away by water on a flooded street and a baby was ripped from its mother s arms as she crossed a flooded area.About 1,400 people sought refuge at storm shelters.The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Lidia m adidas originals samba ade landfall early Friday west of La Paz, the capital of Baja California Sur state.Lidia s wind strength eased slightly to 60 mph, and further weakening was forecast over the next few days as the storm reaches mountainous terrain. The storm was centered about 65 miles west-northwest of La Paz and was heading northwest at about 9 mph.The center said Lidia could produce accumulations of as much as 6 to 12 inches of rain across much of Baja California and parts of the mainland, threatening flash floods and landslides. mizuno de Hurricane Irma now a Category 3 storm 03:32 Lidia has also spread rains over a broad swath of Mexico including the capital, where it was blamed for flooding that briefly closed t nike dunk high he city s airport this week and a 30-foot-w Qtub Bush An Appeaser, Says Egyptian Press
A series of explosions and gunfire rocked Fallujah on Wednesday in new fighting after a heavy battle the night before in which U.S. warplanes and artillery pounded the city in a show of force against Sunni insurgents holed up in a city slum.Gunfire and mortar blasts could be heard for more than an hour from southwestern Fallujah in the afternoon, then three thunderous explosions shook the ar stanley termoska ea as U.S. warplanes circled over head. A black plume of smoke r stanley cup ose over the area.Tuesday night s heavy bombardment followed the end of a two-day extension of a cease-fire. A Marine and eight insurgents were killed in Fallujah on Monday.Despite the battles in stanley flask the city, U.S. officials say they are pushing ahead with negotiations to resolve the Fallujah standoff rather than launch an all-out offensive. Earlier Wednesday, CBS News Lisa Barron reported that Iraqi security forces had begun patrolling the city, having been ordered to fan out through the streets because U.S. troops would be entering soon. Joint patrols of U.S. and Iraqi forces could start as early as Thursday. Some U.S. officers have expressed concerns that the patrols could be targeted by militants who refused to surrender their weapons.In other developments:Saddam Hussein is spending his 67th birthday Wednesday mdash; once a national holiday in Iraq mdash; in a secret jail.Gunmen ambushed a Ukrainian convoy outside the city of Kut, killing a soldier. Overnight, a Polish patrol battled insurgents after being ambushed n
