MEXICO CITY: A category-one hurricane weakened into a tropical storm early Thursday after slamming into Mexico’s eastern coast with powerful winds and heavy rain capable of producing deadly flash floods.

Hurricane Franklin made landfall near the town of Lechuguillas, some 70 miles (115 kilometers) northwest of the port of Veracruz, the US National Hurricane Center reported at 0600 GMT.

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