Mexico

Hurricane Bud takes aim at Mexico's Pacific coast

24 May 2012

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hurricane Bud, the first Pacific hurricane in the 2012 season, strengthened into a major Category 3 storm on Thursday as it headed toward Mexico's coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. With maximum sustained winds of 115 mph, Bud is threatening heavy rains and a storm surge around the port city of Manzanillo, the Miami-based center said. Mexico has no ...

New Mexico wildfires merge; blazes rage in five states

24 May 2012

SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - Two raging wildfires in southwest New Mexico merged on Thursday to become the biggest blaze among fires that have torched forest and brush in parts of five Southwestern states. Blazes in rugged, mountainous areas of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah have forced the evacuation of a few small towns and torched at least 170 square miles (440 square km ...

Mexico election: Drugs war in spotlight

24 May 2012

View of Mexico's drugs war from the place it began