Fed: Aussies in Mexico warned to prepare for hurricane

AAP General News (Australia)
08-20-2007
Fed: Aussies in Mexico warned to prepare for hurricane

CANBERRA, Aug 20 AAP - The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has warned
Australians in Mexico to prepare for the onset of Hurricane Dean.

Mexican authorities were today evacuating some 90,000 tourists from Cancun and other
islands of the "Mayan Riviera", with the Category 4 hurricane set to slam into the Yucatan
peninsula tomorrow.

A DFAT spokesman said the Australian High Commission in Trinidad and Tobago was contacting
Australians in Saint Lucia and Jamaica, where storm damage and flooding has been caused
by the hurricane.

The Australian Embassy in Mexico City was distributing a travel bulletin to registered
Australians in areas of Mexico likely to be affected by Dean, the spokesman said.

The travel bulletin advises people to: "identify their local shelter, monitor local
media reports, and follow the instructions of local emergency officials."

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