By Ian Aikman, BBC News
A hurricane which has wreaked havoc across the Caribbean has hit Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.
Hurricane Beryl, classed as category two, lashed the region’s coastline on Friday morning, endangering two million people and the tourist hotspots of Cancún and Tulum.
Beaches are closed and thousands of troops have been deployed to help as the storm hits the country’s southeast shoreline.
The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned people in the area to shelter from the “life-threatening conditions” the hurricane will bring over the course of the day.
Across the Caribbean, at least 10 people are known to have died and more are missing, roofs have been torn from buildings, and thousands of homes were left without power.
ReutersMexican authorities have taken measures to prepare the coastline for the hurricane.
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