BELIZE CITY, — Hundreds of tourists and residents fled low-lying islands off Belize and beachgoers were warned to stay out of the water along Mexico's resort-studded Caribbean coast, as rain from Tropical Storm Alex began lashing the region.
Alex, with maximum sustained winds of about 65 mph (100 kph), was expected to make landfall at Belize by nightfall, cross land and enter the Gulf of Mexico late Sunday. The storm appeared headed west of the massive oil spill in parts of the gulf, but meteorologists warned that a storm's track can quickly change.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Alex was centered just 30 miles (50 kilometers) east-southeast of Belize City on Saturday afternoon. A tropical storm warning was in effect for Belize and Mexico's entire Caribbean coastline up to Cancun.
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Saturday, June 26, 2010
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