Mexico City (dpa) - On its path through the Pacific Ocean, Hurricane ''Juliette'' brought flooding and wreaked havoc in Mexico's Baja California, leaving at least two people dead as it uprooted trees and power poles and toppled billboards.
More than 9,000 people in the south of the peninsula suffered property damage, said California Sur Governor Leonel Coto, who declared the region a disaster zone.
The centre of the now almost stationary storm was 60 kilometres off Todos los Santos on the southern tip of Baja California. Wind speeds had slowed to about 110 kilometres per hour, downgrading Juliette to a tropical storm.
Tourists in the resorts of Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo were trapped inside their hotels, but they were not considered to be in immediate danger. Hotels were nearly empty in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.
Over the past week, the hurricane had slowly moved northwest along Mexico's Pacific coast without hitting land but causing at least eight deaths in widespread flooding.
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