Hurricane Olaf slammed into the Los Cabos resorts at the tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula 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 (155 kph), 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.

Inflation at the wholesale level climbed 8.3% last month from August 2020, the biggest annual gain since 2010.

The Labor Department reported Friday that its producer price index — which measures inflationary pressures before they reach consumers — rose 0.7% last month from July after increasing 1% in both June and July.

Minnesota Senate Republicans have chosen Sen. Jeremy Miller, of Winona, to be the chamber’s new majority leader to replace Paul Gazelka, who stepped down from his leadership post to run for governor.

Miller has served as Senator since 2010 and had been the President of the chamber since 2019.

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Scout Mason can be reached at scmason@stthomas.edu.