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Hurricane Simon hits western Mexico after storms kill 5

The slow-moving storm is bringing wind and flooding rain to Pacific coastal towns and resorts already damaged by earlier tropical systems.

On air: Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock on Wake Up, America
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Photo: VIIRS imagery from NOAA's NOAA-21 satellite · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: VIIRS imagery from NOAA's NOAA-21 satellite · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHere is the latest.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHurricane Simon is moving slowly up the coast of west-central Mexico with wind and flooding rain, after tropical weather systems caused five deaths and damage in Pacific coastal towns and resorts.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorCBS News reports the slow pace matters, because a storm that lingers keeps dumping rain on the same towns.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWe are thinking of everyone along that coast this morning.

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The story so far

  1. Hurricane Simon strengthens to Category 4 off Mexico's coast · Al Jazeera
  2. Paul Simon's 1975 song 'too weird to be a hit' sold five million · Far Out Magazine
  3. Simon nears Mexico's coast; Puerto Vallarta boards up · The Seattle Times
  4. Hurricane Simon lashes Mexico's Pacific coast as a powerful Category… · CBS News
  5. Hurricane Simon nears Mexico's Jalisco coast; Greens seek execution… · Al Jazeera
  6. Simon weakens but still batters Mexico's Pacific resorts · CBS News
  7. Hurricane Simon hits western Mexico after storms kill 5 (this story)

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