The death toll from
and the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel rose to six Tuesday after heavy rains triggered flooding and landslides along Mexico's Pacific coast, authorities said.
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Hurricane Simon continued moving slowly off Mexico's Pacific coast as a Category 1 storm, bringing heavy rain to Nayarit and Sinaloa states, where authorities remained on alert for rising rivers and flooding.
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authorities → move → rivers
Over the weekend, the hurricane brought heavy rain to the southern state of Guerrero, killing one person.
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While the eye of the hurricane remained offshore, its outer bands slammed communities this week between the Sierra Madre and the Pacific Ocean near Puerto Vallarta.
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bands → remain → Vallarta
Simon's 90 mph strongest sustained winds made it
, but the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said it had technically become a small tropical cyclone.
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it → make → Miami
Simon was 115 miles west of Cabo Corrientes and heading west at 2 mph.
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Simon → head → mph
The hurricane center said the storm's intensity could fluctuate over the next few days but would likely maintain hurricane strength through Thursday, with gradual weakening forecast thereafter.
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Up to 3 inches of rain are expected from Simon across the Mexican states of Baja California Sur, Nayarit and Sinaloa by Friday, the weather service said.
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Moisture associated with Simon is forecast to bring the potential for flash flooding from this evening through Friday morning to parts of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri, according to CBS News meteorologist Nikki Nolan.
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Rainfall could total 6 inches and perhaps 8 in some spots.
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Tropical weather turns deadly
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weather → turn → ?
In Mexico's Baja California state, rescuers on Monday combed parts of the coastal city of Ensenada, where floodwaters swept away vehicles and damaged homes.
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At least four people died in the state due to the impact of post-tropical cyclone Rachel.
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Resident Johana Nuriulu said the flooding began during the night, shortly after heavy rain knocked out electricity.
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rain → say → electricity
"We heard a loud noise that sounded like ocean waves, but really loud," she said.
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Nuriulu said she went outside and discovered that a nearby stream had overflowed, sending water rushing through the neighborhood.
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water → say → neighborhood
The waters inundated streets and homes, sweeping away vehicles and other belongings.
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"Everything was being dragged away," Nuriulu said.
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Several communities were cut off by landslides and overflowing rivers elsewhere in Baja California.
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communities → cut → Baja
In the afternoon, the Mexican military used helicopters to rescue 32 people — 22 of them foreigners — from a ranch in Ensenada.
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22 → use → Ensenada
Baja California Gov. Marina del Pilar Ávila said 13 were youths.
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13 → say → ?
The state Secretary of Security, Gen. Laureano Carrillo, said some of the group were missionaries meeting at the ranch and that among them were Germans and Americans.
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The victims included a 13-year-old girl whose body was found Sunday, two women ages 30 and 35 and a 4-year-old boy whose bodies were recovered Monday, and an unidentified person found near a stream Tuesday, the state prosecutor's office told The Associated Press.
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Five others remained missing in Baja California, including three in Ensenada and a father and son who went fishing Saturday in San Felipe, on the Gulf of California, and never returned.
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who → remain → California
According to Ávila, some 14,000 federal and state personnel had been deployed across Baja California to assist affected residents and respond to the emergency.
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To the south, Simon downed trees and electricity poles, blocked roads and flooded homes in coastal towns of Guerrero state, including the major seaport of Acapulco
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, Gov. Evelyn Salgado said at a news conference.
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Salgado → say → conference
A 71-year-old man died after a wall collapsed in Chilpancingo, Guerrero's capital, Salgado said.
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In Puerto Vallarta, workers removed wooden panels from boarded-up storefronts and businesses reopened Monday as rains eased.
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rains → remove → storefronts
The popular tourist destination's international airport suspended operations until Tuesday morning.
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airport → suspend → morning
"Personally, I think we should remain on alert because we don't really know whether it will arrive, move elsewhere or dissipate," said Noelia Carrillo, a tourism agency worker.
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U.S. impact from storms
Rachel weakened into a post-tropical cyclone as it moved north into Southern California.
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The storm battered the coast with unusually large waves, which tore apart a boardwalk and smashed into homes in Long Beach.
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Some residents were forced to evacuate.
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Las Vegas tied an all-time daily rainfall record for October when it received 1.08 inches of rain into Sunday morning, according to the U.S. National Weather Service.
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The record was set in 1947.
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Videos posted on social media showed a torrent of water rushing through a street near the Las Vegas Strip, with a Ferris wheel and casinos in the background.
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torrent → post → background
Flood advisories were mostly lifted by late Monday in Utah, Arizona and elsewhere in the Southwest.
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advisories → lift → Southwest
In Utah, dozens of runners and volunteers who were part of the Moab 240 ultramarathon were evacuated Sunday after being stranded by flooding.
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who → evacuate → flooding
The race goes through Canyonlands and Arches national parks.
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…and 5 more, not listed.
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