Hurricane Emily hits northeastern Mexico

Hurricane Emily crashed into northeastern Mexico as a strong Category 3 storm Wednesday, its 125 mph winds battering buildings and beaches and forcing thousands along the Gulf of Mexico to seek safer ground.

The eye of the storm came ashore just before dawn near San Fernando, a town about 80 miles south of the U.S.-Mexico border. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said hurricane force winds extended outward 70 miles. Tropical storm-force winds blew over south Texas.

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