Tens of thousands flee as Hurricane Delta lashes Mexico's Yucatan peninsula

• Category 2 storm hits Puerto Morelos in early morning
• Louisiana braced for Delta's arrival later in the week

Tens of thousands of residents and holiday-makers were evacuated and sought refuge in emergency shelters on Wednesday as Hurricane Delta made landfall on the coast of northeastern Mexico in the early hours of the morning, lashing popular tourist resorts.

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