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Cancun, Mexico
Hurricane Delta slammed into Mexico’s Caribbean coast early Wednesday, toppling trees, ripping down power lines and lashing a string of major beach resorts with winds of up to 110 miles (175 kilometers) per hour.
A weakened Delta hit the Yucatan Peninsula near the town of Puerto Morelos as a Category 2 storm, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said, bringing a “life-threatening storm surge.”
But the region appeared to have escaped major destruction and there were no immediate reports of deaths, according to Mexico’s civil defence department.
Strong winds whipped Cancun, one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations, where a number of cars were damaged by falling trees, according to AFP reporters in the city.
Thousands of tourists had hunkered down in emergency shelters along the Riviera Maya coastline as the storm approached.
Cancun, Mexico
Hurricane Delta slammed into Mexico’s Caribbean coast early Wednesday, toppling trees, ripping down power lines and lashing a string of major beach resorts with winds of up to 110 miles (175 kilometers) per hour.
A weakened Delta hit the Yucatan Peninsula near the town of Puerto Morelos as a Category 2 storm, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said, bringing a “life-threatening storm surge.”
But the region appeared to have escaped major destruction and there were no immediate reports of deaths, according to Mexico’s civil defence department.
Strong winds whipped Cancun, one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations, where a number of cars were damaged by falling trees, according to AFP reporters in the city.
Thousands of tourists had hunkered down in emergency shelters along the Riviera Maya coastline as the storm approached.
