Hurricane Lorenzo weakened into a tropical storm early Friday as it bore down on Mexico's Gulf Coast with strong winds and rain and forced low-lying coastal communities to evacuate.Earlier, Lorenzo made landfall along the east-central coast of Mexico, southeast of Tuxpan, after rapidly strengthening into a Category 1 hurricane, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
Officials canceled classes and opened more than 60 shelters on the coastline of Veracruz state Thursday, as Mexico's government issued a hurricane warning from Palma Sola to Cabo Rojo.
At least 30 communities near several rivers were ordered to evacuate late Thursday. Residents scrambled to move furniture and belongings to higher ground even as roads began to flood.
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