Tropical Storm Enrique misses direct hit on Baja resorts

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico – What had been the first hurricane of the eastern Pacific season fell below tropical storm force on Wednesday after brushing past the tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula and missing a direct hit on the beach resorts there. Enrique’s maximum sustained winds were down to 35 mph Wednesday morning, with its core centered about 35 miles northeast of the Baja California Sur state capital of La Paz. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said it was expected to dissipate on Thursday.