Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Hurricane Rina weakened to tropical storm strength today as it moved toward landfall on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an advisory shortly before 10:45 a.m. East Coast time.

Rina, with winds now 70 miles (113 kilometers) an hour, will move near or over the northeastern Yucatan coast today and tomorrow, the center said,

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