Five dead in Mexico's Baja as Tropical Storm Lidia weakens

A weakening Tropical Storm Lidia marched up Mexico's Baja California Peninsula on Saturday, flooding streets and homes in resort cities, stranding tourists and leaving at least five people dead.

Lidia's maximum sustained winds dropped to 40 mph, just above the minimum threshold for a tropical storm, as its centre passed over a sparsely populated area of the peninsula that is home to a large nature reserve, and back out over Pacific waters.