Hurricane Newton Blows Through Los Cabos In Baja California

Hurricane Newton smashed into Mexico’s western coast early Tuesday, battering the upscale resorts of Los Cabos with 90-mph winds and driving rain. The Category-2 storm was generating hurricane-force winds 40 miles from its center as it rolled over the Baja California Peninsula just before 2 a.m. local time (5 a.m. ET), according to the National Hurricane Center.Hurricane warnings were in effect across the resorts of Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo, twin luxury destinations in the municipality of Los Cabos. Tropical-storm warnings were in place further north up the coast.