30am a.m. ET). (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES via AP)

This outer representation provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Olaf connected the Pacific seashore of Mexico approaching the Los Cabos edifice portion astatine the extremity of the Baja California Peninsula, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, astatine 14:30 OZ (10:30am a.m. ET). (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES via AP)

CABO SAN LUCAS – Hurricane Olaf scraped crossed the confederate extremity of Mexico's Baja California peninsula and spun backmost into the Pacific bringing dense rainfall and beardown winds to the duplicate resorts of Los Cabos.

Authorities worked to determination residents from low-lying areas to shelters portion tourists hunkered down successful their hotels.

The ports of Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo closed Thursday to vas postulation arsenic tourism operators moved boats astatine Cabo San Lucas to safer moorings. Businesses boarded up windows and radical lined up for last-minute purchases successful supermarkets.

The resorts would usually beryllium afloat of tourists this clip of year, but with the COVID-19 pandemic, hotels were good beneath that.

Lilzi Orcí, president of the Los Cabos Hotels Association, said 37 home and planetary hose flights had already been cancelled owed to the hurricane. She estimated 20,000 overseas tourists were successful the area, little than 40% of the hotels' capacity. Guests would structure successful their hotels, she said.

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As rainfall fell, authorities patrolled done flood-prone moving people neighborhoods urging residents to determination to shelters.

The hurricane was centered astir 20 miles (35 kilometers) east-northeast of Cabo San Lucas precocious Thursday nighttime with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph (155 kph). It was advancing to the north-northwest astatine 12 mph (19 kph).

The U.S. National Hurricane Center forecast 5 to 10 inches (12.7 to 25.4 centimeters) of rainfall connected the confederate portion of the peninsula, with up to 15 inches (38 centimeters) successful isolated spots, creating the information of flash floods and mudslides.

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