Cancun braced for powerful Hurricane Delta
Mexicans formed long lines at supermarkets near Cancun on Tuesday (October 6) to stock up in preparation for a forecast hit overnight from powerful Hurricane Delta, while the resort ordered hotels evacuated on its famed Caribbean shoreline.
Expectations of tropical storm conditions led to evacuations of coastal areas in Cuba. Delta is forecast to weaken and linger over Mexico's Yucatan peninsula before strengthening again in the Gulf of Mexico, where oil
companies were bracing for impact on their installations and ports closed.
Officials ordered evacuations of Cancun's hotel zone and other coastal areas, and opened the city's convention centre as a shelter. Workers at the Avis car rental firm boarded up windows with wood under a light rain on
Tuesday afternoon.
Water levels could rise by as much as 9 feet (3 m) over normal tide levels near Delta's landfall, accompanied by dangerous waves in the hurricane warning area.
