Hurricane Beryl batters Jamaica

Stung by past failures to prepare for hurricanes, the Mexican government on Wednesday began evacuating even sea turtle eggs from beaches ahead of incoming Hurricane Beryl.
While Beryl remains far offshore in the Caribbean near Jamaica, it is expected to hit somewhere south of Cancun by late Thursday or early Friday.
Given that Mexico did so little to warn or evacuate residents of the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco during Hurricane Otis in October, this time around officials are being extra cautious, digging up recently-laid sea turtle eggs for fear they could be washed away by the storm surge.
Government employees kept the carey sea turtle eggs covered with sand in dozens of coolers while transferring them to safer spots.
In other areas, they used sand-bag barriers to create safe "corrals" to protect turtles nests against the expected strong waves.
Biologist Graciela Tiburcio, one of Mexico's foremost sea turtle experts, said it was an extreme measure that might cause some excess failure to hatch among the turtle eggs.
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