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Aug. 7, 2012
A woman in Mahahual, Mexico, walks in the rain as Tropical Storm Ernesto approaches the southern part of the Yucatan Peninsula.
Victor Ruiz / Reuters
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Aug. 7, 2012 
A woman and her children in Mahahual wait to board a bus for evacuation. Ernesto strengthened into a hurricane on Tuesday, just hours before making landfall. The storm weakened as it crossed the Yucatan Peninsula, but is expected to strengthen once it gets back over open water.
Victor Ruiz / Reuters

Aug. 7, 2012 
Residents arrive at a shelter in Mahahual. Hurricane warnings were extended northwards to the resort island of Cozumel from Chetumal, Mexico, and include the entire coast of low-lying Belize.
Israel Leal / AP

Aug. 7, 2012  
People rest in a shelter during an evacuation in Mexico’s state of Quintana Roo.
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Aug. 7, 2012  
Ernesto had sustained winds of 85 mph when it swept over Mahahual shortly before midnight Tuesday and moved into a sparsely populated coastal region.
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Aug. 7, 2012  
A man boards up a store as Tropical Storm Ernesto approaches Mahahual.
Victor Ruiz / Reuters

Aug. 7, 2012  
Police evacuate residents in Mahahual.
Israel Leal / AP

Aug. 7, 2012  
A man rides a motorized scooter in the rain in Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Mexico.
Victor Ruiz / Reuters

Aug. 7, 2012   
A man walks in a nearly deserted street Mahahual.
Israel Leal / AP


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