Five people dead with the number expected to rise in Mexico as Tropical Storm Lidia weakens <br />and begins to make its way to California <br />Tropical Storm Lidia has caused five deaths in Mexico's Los Cabos with the toll expected to <br />rise over the weekend Vehicles were swept away by floods and at least one person is missing <br />Lidia hit the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Thursday <br />Shelters in the state were opened to accommodate hundreds of people.Weakening Tropical Storm <br /> Lidia marched up Mexico's Baja California Peninsula, has left tourists stranded and at least <br />five dead with the number expected to rise as of Saturday. <br /> <br />Streets were flooded as were and residential properties in resort cities after Lidia passed <br />over a sparsely populated area of the peninsula that is home to a large nature reserve and <br />back out over Pacific waters. <br /> <br />Authorities have said the death toll could rise over the weekend as emergency crews surveyed <br />the damage in villages with ramshackle homes. One person was considered missing and video <br />broadcast on local networks showed vehicles being swept away by flooded rivers. <br /> <br />The dead included two people electrocuted by power lines, a woman drowned after <br />being swept away by water on a flooded street and a baby who was ripped from its <br /> mother's arms as she crossed a flooded area. <br /> <br />Baja California Sur Gov. Carlos Mendoza said late Friday that there was a fifth <br />victim but did not give details.Lidia was forecast to lose more strength over the course of <br /> the day.Baja California Sur Gov. Carlos Mendoza reported that Lidia had dumped about 27 inches <br /> of rain,'the largest amount of water we have had since 1933.' <br /> <br />Lidia's maximum sustained winds dropped to 40mph, just above the minimum threshold for a tropical <br />storm, as its center passed over a sparsely populated area of the peninsula that is home to a large <br />nature reserve and back out over Pacific waters. It was forecast to lose more strength over the course of the day.
