Rina weakens to tropical depression off Yucatan

MIAMI (AP) -- The former Hurricane Rina has weakened to a tropical depression as it moves out to sea from Mexico's Yucatan coast.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Friday that Rina's maximum sustained winds are down to 35 mph (55 kph).

The forecast track shows it moving away from the northeast tip of the Yucatan Peninsula and then turning south over the weekend to stay over the Caribbean.

Additional weakening is forecast in the next 48 hours and it could become a remnant low pressure area this weekend.

Rina's center is about 55 miles (90 kilometers) north-northeast of Cancun

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