(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121016_hurricane.photoblog600.jpg)NASA via AFP - Getty ImagesThis satellite-based image shows Hurricane Paul early Tuesday. By Miguel Llanos, NBC NewsHurricane Paul was expected to make landfall Tuesday afternoon along a lightly populated area of Mexico's Baja California.
Early Tuesday, the Category 2 hurricane was about 70 miles south of Cabo San Lazaro and was moving north-northeast at 21 miles per hour with maximum wind speeds of 105 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported (http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPEP1+shtml/161442.shtml).
Up to 10 inches of rain in some places could trigger flooding or mudslides, the center said, warning the storm would cause dangerous coastal waves.
Mexico issued a hurricane warning from Santa Fe northward to Punta Abreojos on the country's western Baja peninsula, the center said. On the east coast, a hurricane warning stretched from Mulege to San Evaristo.
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