Hurricane Emily heads for Yucatan

Mexican officials launched the evacuation of 85,000 people across more than 100 miles of coastline and ordered the relocation of 30,000 tourists in Cancun. The state oil company began evacuating more than 15,000 workers from its offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Category 4 storm was on track to pass close to Grand Cayman Island overnight before smashing into the Yucatan Peninsula on its way to the Gulf of Mexico and possibly southern Texas next week.

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