Hurricane Brings Only Rain To Mexico

Hurricane Douglas roiled the Pacific Ocean offshore from popular beach resorts and fishing ports, drenching parts of southern Mexico but causing no significant flooding or damage.

The hurricane killed 51 people in Colombia and Central America before moving back out to sea. It spared southern Mexico the direct hit that people there, still recovering from two hurricanes and a tropical storm in recent weeks, had expected.

Douglas was moving parallel to the Mexican coast, packing 90-mph winds with gusts up to 109 mph. The hurricane was expected to pick up strength today before weakening again as it hits cooler waters farther north.

Douglas started out as Hurricane Cesar in the Caribbean last week, grazed the Colombian mainland and barreled across Central America before it reached the Pacific on Monday, when it was renamed.