Hurricane Delta bears down on Mexico's Caribbean coast

Cancun, Mexico (AFP) Oct 7, 2020

Hurricane Delta churned towards Mexico's Caribbean coast on Wednesday as thousands of tourists hunkered down in emergency shelters in a string of major beach resorts. The hurricane weakened to Category 3 as it approached the Yucatan Peninsula, but still threatened to bring strong winds and a "life-threatening" storm surge, the US National Hurricane Center said. On Tuesday Delta had inten