CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico —

       Hurricane Olaf slammed into the Los Cabos resort area at the tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula and drenched the region Friday with torrential rains as emergency workers evacuated people from flood-prone areas.

       The storm came ashore near San Jose del Cabo late Thursday as a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 100 mph, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.

       Authorities worked to move residents from low-lying neighborhoods to shelters while an estimated 20,000 foreign tourists hunkered down in their hotels.

       Early Friday, Baja California Sur Civil Defense Deputy Secretary Carlos Alfredo Godínez said he had received no reports of lives lost.

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       At least 700 people were in designated shelters. Some hotels sustained minor damage.

       As the storm came ashore, some motorists were stranded inside their cars in high water. But the Cabo San Lucas Fire Department reported only fallen trees and power lines.

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       Some roads already had been cut off by flooding ahead of the full storm’s arrival, according to local news media.

       By Friday morning, the storm was centered about 35 miles west-southwest of the state capital, La Paz, where a new governor was scheduled to be inaugurated Friday. More than 500,000 people live in the La Paz-Los Cabos region.

       Maximum sustained winds had slipped to about 80 mph, and the storm was expected to weaken further while grinding along the peninsula’s coast during the day and then heading out into the Pacific.

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       Hurricane-force winds extended as far as 25 miles from the center, and tropical-storm-force winds extended outward up to 80 miles.

       Lilzi Orcí, president of the Los Cabos Hotels Assn., said dozens of domestic and international airline flights were canceled because of the hurricane.

       Although pandemic restrictions meant that hotels were at less than 40% of capacity, Orcí estimated that 20,000 foreign tourists were in the area.

       The Hurricane Center forecast five to 10 inches of rain on the southern part of the peninsula, with up to 15 inches in isolated spots, creating the danger of flash floods and mudslides.