SAN CARLOS, Mexico, (Reuters) – Hurricane Jimena  smashed flimsy buildings, bent trees and tore fishing boats  from their moorings as it collided with Mexico’s Baja  California peninsula yesterday.

Ports at San Carlos, La Paz, Los Cabos and Topolobampo were  shut as Jimena pummeled the coast and desert towns inland with  winds as high as 100 mph (160 kph) and torrential rains that  forecasters said could cause dangerous floods and mudslides.