High winds and heavy rains beat against Mexico's coast.<br/> <br />Hurricane Bud may have been downgraded to a tropical storm on Friday, but its effects are still widespread.<br/> <br />Schools and a major shipping port in Manzanillo were forced to close.<br/> <br />The stormy weather is also disrupting the fishing industry - the main source of income for the local fishermen.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) FISHERMAN ANTONIO LOPEZ, SAYING:<br/> <br />"This is the problem here, cyclones and hurricanes which stop us from working. Fishing is what supports us here, we don't have anything else. I think as fisherman I can only support myself from fishing."<br/> <br />Officials have not ordered families to relocate, but this woman says she refused to be caught flatfooted and left her home on the coast as water levels rose.<br/> <br />Tropical storm Bud was the first hurricane of the season and now boasts winds up to 115 km or 70 miles per hour.<br/> <br />Bud is expected to gradually move outwards on Sunday.<br/> <br />However, the U.S. National Hurricane Center is warning residents that the influx of heavy rain could cause flashfloods and mudslides in the region.<br/> <br />Jessica Gray, Reuters
