News Item: Tropical storm Isidore still impacting Yucatan
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MERIDA, Mexico (AP) -- Hurricane Isidore peeled rooftops off homes and snapped trees in an area scattered with colonial cities, Mayan ruins and nature reserves before weakening to a tropical storm and stalling Monday over the Yucatan Peninsula.
With communications down across the peninsula, Yucatan Gov. Patricio Patron reported at least two dead.
At 8 p.m. (EDT), the center of Tropical Storm Isidore was located near latitude 20.3 north and longitude 89.4 west, or about 50 miles south-southeast of Merida, Mexico. Winds are sustained at 45 mph.
Forecasters predicted the storm would turn west later Monday and head back out over water, where it would likely gain strength before hitting land again as a hurricane somewhere along the Texas or Louisiana coastline.
Isidore was downgraded to a tropical storm as it moved inland over the Yucatan, tossing uprooted trees onto Merida's famous Paseo de Montejo, which normally features tourists riding horse-drawn carriages.
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