Hurricane Carlotta leaves 2 dead in southern Mexico

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Hurricane Carlotta left two children dead in Mexico before weakening Saturday to a tropical depression over the mountains of the southern state of Guerrero, officials said.
In a bulletin issued at 10:00 a.m., the National Meteorological Service, or SMN, said that Carlotta continues to weaken and is expected to continue moving toward northwestern Guerrero, "gradually losing force over the next few hours."
The update indicates that the weather system, whose danger rating was earlier in the day downgraded from strong to moderate, is moving west-northwest at 19 kilometers (12 miles) per hour. The alert zone extends from Punta Maldonado in the southern state of Oaxaca to Acapulco, Guerrero.
The SMN said the storm was packing maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers (34 miles) per hour with gusts of up to 65 kilometers (40 miles) per hour. Its outer bands, partially covering Jalisco, Colima, Michoacan, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Hidalgo, Mexico state, Mexico City and Morelos, have unleashed heavy rains and electrical storms.


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