Tropical storm Odile is moving up Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, bringing heavy rains and the threat of mudslides and flash floods.
Odile made landfall as a category three hurricane on Sunday night, damaging homes and leaving thousands of tourists stranded in the Los Cabos resort area.
Officials said 135 people had to be treated for minor injuries, mostly caused by flying glass and debris.
Fierce winds ripped facades from hotels in Los Cabos and destroyed many poorly constructed homes.
At least 26,000 foreign tourists were in the region, local officials said.
Thousands of holidaymakers are being airlifted out of Los Cabos. Many are being taken to airports in Tijuana, Mazatlan, Guadalajara and Mexico City to catch connecting flights and receive consular assistance if necessary.
The interior ministry said military and commercial aircraft were transporting them from Los Cabos international airport, which was closed to commercial flights because of damage incurred when Odile hit the area late on Sunday and on Monday.
Although the airport is strewn with debris, officials say that the runway is usable and work has nearly been completed to get the control tower working again, the BBC reported.
The US National Hurricane Centre in Miami said that the storm had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph, which will gather some strength as it moves nearly parallel to the south-western coast of Mexico throughout Wednesday and Thursday.
However, as it moved north-west up the desert peninsula, the NHC warned that there was still a danger of more heavy rainfall and flooding.