Hurricane Beryl Forces Cancun Workers to Save 10,400 Turtle Eggs

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Government workers in Cancun saved 10,400 turtle eggs as Hurricane Beryl swept across the Caribbean. Ecology authorities from the municipal government removed the eggs from sand nests and placed them in ice buckets to preserve them at Playa Delfines beach. Veuer’s Maria Mercedes Galuppo has the story.

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00:00Government workers in Cancun, Mexico, saved 10,400 turtle eggs as Hurricane Beryl swept across the Caribbean.

00:07Ecology authorities from the municipal government removed the eggs from sand nests and placed them in ice buckets to preserve them at Playa Delfina's beach.

00:16Hurricane Beryl, the first of the season, has sustained winds of 140 mph.

00:21The National Hurricane Center expects the winds to weaken in the next day or two, but warns that Beryl will remain a major hurricane as it moves towards the Cayman Islands.

00:31A hurricane warning is in effect for the Cayman Islands and the eastern coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, including Cancun, after thrashing Jamaica with intense winds and heavy rain.

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