Hurricane Marie weakens in Mexican Pacific

Published August 26, 2014 9:04am ET



MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Marie has weakened to a Category 2 storm, but continues kicking up high swells along Mexico’s northern Pacific coast and threatens to raise dangerous waves along the Southern California coast.

The U.S. Hurricane Center in Miami says Marie’s maximum sustained winds early Tuesday have decreased to 105 mph (165 kph). Additional weakening is forecast and the storm is expected to lose hurricane status in the next day or so.

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