Hurricane Beatriz on Mexican coast

Mexico City (CNN) -- Hurricane Beatriz made contact with Mexico's resort-laden Pacific coast Tuesday, setting off warnings for a 360-mile (575-kilometer) stretch of coastline. The Category 1 storm, however, was moving away from the coast, heading northwest at 13 mph (20 kph), according to the National Hurricane Center. As of Tuesday morning, Beatriz was about 50 miles northwest of Manzanillo, Mexico, though its effects were felt up and down the coast, even outside of the hurricane warning

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