Hurricane Norbert struck Mexico's northwest Pacific coast, ripping off roofs, knocking down trees and leaving one person missing and more than 20,000 homes without electricity, local authorities said.
Norbert, which made landfall as a Category Two hurricane on the five-level Saffir-Simpson scale, came ashore at Puerto Cortes, on the Baja California peninsula.
It was later downgraded to a Category One storm with sustained winds of 150km/ph winds.
Last night, the storm was over the Gulf of California waters and was expected to make landfall again on mainland Mexico in Sinaloa state at around 6am.
Some 2,850 people were housed in temporary shelters.
40% of homes were totally or partially damaged on the islands of Margarita and Magdalena, mainly having lost their roofs.
In the Baja California capital of La Paz, the storm knocked out power to 13,000 homes, and to 8,000 more in Ciudad Constitution.
La Paz international airport suspended its activities yesterday, but the tourist resort of Los Cabos remained open.
At 4am the eye of Norbert was located about 195km east-northeast of Loreto, Mexico, the US-based National Hurricane Center reported.
The hurricane however is expected to dump up to 15cm of rain over the peninsula and portions of north-western Mexico.
