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    October 28, 2011

Tropical Storm Rina Moves Across Mexican Caribbean Coast

   VOA News
   A security guard looks at the sea during a rain caused by Hurricane
   Rina in Playa del Carmen. The remnants of Hurricane Rina bore down on
   Cancun and other resorts on Mexico's popular Caribbean coast on
   Thursday, chasing away tourists and causing massive f
   Photo: Reuters
   A security guard looks at the sea during a rain caused by Hurricane
   Rina in Playa del Carmen. The remnants of Hurricane Rina bore down on
   Cancun and other resorts on Mexico's popular Caribbean coast on
   Thursday, chasing away tourists and causing massive flight delays.
   Rina, which was downgraded to a tropical storm, October 27, 2011.

   Tropical Storm Rina moved between Mexico's Caribbean coast and the
   island of Cozumel late Thursday, bringing rain and strong winds.
   There have been no immediate reports of casualties but the storm
   knocked out electricity in the resort town Playa de Carmen.
   Many tourists evacuated Cancun and Riviera Maya before Rina was
   downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm earlier Thursday.
   The U.S. based [1]National Hurricane Center says Rina is expected to
   further weaken as it moves inland.
   Prior to Rina's arrival, authorities closed schools and evacuated more
   than 2,300 people from Holbox, an island off the Yucatan Peninsula's
   northern coast.
   Rina is expected to dump between eight to 15 centimeters of rain over
   sections of the Yucatan Peninsula and Cozumel through Friday, pushing
   tides up more than half a meter above normal.
   In 2005, Hurricane Wilma washed away most of Cancun's famous white-sand
   beaches.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

References

   1. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/