One of two hurricanes churning over the Pacific Ocean early Wednesday could bring heavy rain and perhaps "life-threatening flash floods and mudslides" to Mexico's Baja California peninsula later in the week, though possibly as a tropical storm, forecasters said.

Hurricane Lorena just hit hurricane strength, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said but "rapid strengthening" is likely through tonight. Then, the center said, "fast weakening is expected to start on Thursday, and Lorena could weaken back to a tropical storm by Friday."

The center said that as of 4 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Lorena was about 120 miles south-southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, and some 275 miles south-southeast of Cabo San Lazaro, Mexico. It was moving northwest at 14 mph with maximum sustained winds of 75

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