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Hurricane Delta makes landfall in Mexico
6 years agoTourists are evacuated from their hotel in Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo State, Mexico, in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Delta on October 6, 2020. - Mexico on Tuesday mobilized thousands of soldiers and began evacuating tourists from hotels in some of its top holiday resorts as an "extremely dangerous" hurricane barrelled towards the Yucatan Peninsula. Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified in the Caribbean to reach Category 4 status, the second-highest, and was on course to hit Mexico's Riviera Maya coast by early Wednesday, US forecasters said. (Photo by ELIZABETH RUIZ / AFP)
Hurricane Delta slammed into Mexico's Caribbean coast early Wednesday packing maximum winds of 110 mph (175 kph), US forecasters said.