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Ida becomes hurricane a 2nd time off Mexico coast (AP)

AP - Ida grew into a hurricane for a second time as it roared over the Caribbean on a path that could take it between Mexico's resort-studded Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba before heading for the southern United States.

Reuters - Hurricane Ida strengthened off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula as it makes its way to the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Sunday.

AFP - Mexico's government issued a hurricane warning on Saturday as a strengthening tropical storm Ida bore down on the country's Yucatan peninsula.

AP - Ida has become a tropical storm again, with top winds of 45 mph (72 kph), as it swirls in the Caribbean on a track that could bring it to the U.S. Gulf Coast next week.

AFP - Nicaragua's Caribbean coast faced a battering by high winds and heavy rains Friday, as remnants of hurricane Ida wrecked homes and officials warned as many as 40,000 could be affected by the storm.

AP - The 69-year-old watchman couldn't swim so when Tropical Storm Mirinae sparked a flash flood he ran, shimmied up a tree and hung on — for three nights and two days.

Reuters - Hurricane Ida weakened to a tropical depression as it churned through eastern Nicaragua on Thursday after cutting power and ripping roofs on little-developed Caribbean islands.

AFP - Ida was downgraded to a tropical storm on Thursday after slamming into Nicaragua as a category one hurricane, the US National Hurricane Center said.

AFP - Hurricane Ida made landfall as a category one storm on the eastern coast of Nicaragua Thursday, the US-based National Hurricane Center said.

AFP - The number of people killed by floods in central Vietnam rose to 98 on Thursday, as rescuers ferried emergency aid by helicopter to coastal regions battered by Tropical Storm Mirinae, officials said.

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