Erika Eleniak

Extremely dangerous Hurricane Jimena roared toward Mexico's resort-studded Baja California Peninsula on Monday, chasing away an international finance conference and prompting emergency workers to start evacuating thousands of people from shantytowns. Jimena, with winds of near 155 mph (250 kph), is just short of Category 5 status — the top danger rating for a hurricane — and could rake the harsh desert region fringed with picturesque beaches and fishing villages by Tuesday evening... Read Full Story

Hurricane Jimena roared toward Baja California on Tuesday as an extremely dangerous Category Five storm, Mexican officials said as they planned emergency evacuations for 20,000 families. Jimena was packing winds of up to 250 kilometers (155 miles) per hour but was expected to weaken to a Category Four hurricane before making landfall in Baja California late Tuesday or on Wednesday, the National Weather Service said. The center of the hurricane was 345 km (215 miles) south of Cabo San Lucas... Read Full Story

Extremely dangerous and strengthening Hurricane Jimena roared toward Mexico's resort-studded Baja California Peninsula on Monday, prompting emergency workers to set up makeshift shelters and chasing away an international finance conference. Jimena, just short of Category 5 status — the top danger rating for a hurricane — could rake the harsh desert region fringed with picturesque beaches and fishing villages as a major storm by Tuesday evening, forecasters said. On Monday afternoon, workers... Read Full Story

Erika Maya Eleniak (born September 29, 1969) is an American Playboy Playmate and actress, perhaps best known for her role in Baywatch as Shauni McClain. Eleniak has starred in a host of films, including The Pandora Project (1998) with Daniel Baldwin, One Hot Summer Night (1998) with Barry Bostwick, Final Voyage (1999) with Ice-T, Stealth Fighter (1999), The Opponent (2000), Vegas, City of Dreams (2001) with Angelica Bridges, Second to Die (2002), Snowbound (2001), Betrayal (2003) and... Read Full Story

Hurricane Jimena on Monday roared toward Mexico's Baja California as an extremely dangerous Category Five storm, Mexican officials said as they planned emergency evacuations for 20,000 families. Jimena was packing winds of up to 155 miles (250 kilometers) per hour but was expected to weaken slightly before making landfall in Baja California late Tuesday or early Wednesday, the National Weather Service said. The government issued a tropical storm watch for the west coast of Mexico's mainland... Read Full Story

Hurricane Jimena is roaring toward Mexico's Baja California as an extremely dangerous Category Five storm, Mexican officials said as they planned emergency evacuations for 20,000 families in its path. Jimena was packing winds of up to 155 miles per hour (250 kilometers per hour) but was expected to weaken slightly before making landfall in Baja California late Tuesday or early Wednesday, the National Weather Service said. The center of the hurricane was 285 miles (460 kilometers) south of... Read Full Story

Jimena, the strongest hurricane of 2009, bore down Monday on Mexico's Baja California peninsula as 20,000 families considered most at risk prepared for possible evacuation. Residents of Mexico's northwesternmost state rushed to board up their homes and stockpile goods before shops closed as the Category Four storm approached, packing winds in excess of 150 miles per hour (240 kilometers per hour). The storm forced a major international conference on tax transparency in the resort town of Los... Read Full Story

Hurricane Jimena strengthened Monday to maximum Category Five status, Mexican officials said as they planned emergency evacuations for 20,000 high-risk families lying in its path. Jimena was packing winds of up to 155 miles per hour (250 kilometers per hour) but was expected to weaken slightly before making landfall in Baja California late Tuesday or early Wednesday, the National Weather Service said. Residents of the northwestern peninsula frantically boarded up their homes and stockpiled... Read Full Story

An extremely dangerous Hurricane Jimena roared toward Baja California on Tuesday, prompting emergency evacuations for residents and scaring off tourists. Jimena was packing winds of up to 250 kilometers (155 miles) per hour, just short of a Category Five hurricane, as it approached the southern portion of the Baja California peninsula, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. US forecasters put Jimena at a Category Four on the one-to-five Saffir-Simpson scale, but noted that the... Read Full Story

Mexico placed the state of Baja California on high alert Monday as Hurricane Jimena, rated an "extremely dangerous" Category Four storm, took aim at the resort-studded peninsula. Residents stockpiled goods and boarded up homes as experts tracking the most powerful hurricane of 2009, packing winds of up to 177 miles per hour (285 kilometers per hour), warned of major flooding. "On the forecast track... Jimena will be approaching the southern portion of the Baja California peninsula on Tuesday... Read Full Story