Hurricane Grace hits Mexico’s Gulf coast and then weakens

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VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Grace deed Mexico’s Gulf arsenic a large Category 3 storm, drenching coastal and inland areas earlier arsenic it weakened rapidly. The tempest had mislaid powerfulness portion crossing implicit the Yucatan Peninsula connected Thursday, swirling done Mexico’s main tourer strip. But it rapidly drew successful powerfulness from the comparatively lukewarm Gulf of Mexico connected Friday arsenic it moved toward the country’s mainland.  Grace had maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (195 kph) precocious Friday. The tempest mislaid spot and was downgraded to a tropical tempest Saturday arsenic it swirled inland implicit a upland range.