Hurricane Norbert Batters Mexico 
Hurricane Norbert has struck Mexico's northwest Pacific coast on Saturday, October 11, 2008, leaving one person missing and more than 20,000 homes without electricity, local authorities said. Norbert has struck Baja California Sur peninsula with heavy rains and 165 km per hour winds. Forecasters say Norbert will cross the Gulf of California, before making a second landfall on Mexico's north-western mainland. It is expected to hit the agricultural states of Sonora and Sinaloa later.