Hurricane Rina Continues to Intensify, Yucatan Landfall Expected Later This Week

BOSTON, Oct. 25, 2011 – According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Hurricane Rina, the 17th named storm and the 6th hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, is on course toward the resort-lined coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. The Category 2 storm has caused widespread disruption to cruise itineraries in the Caribbean, and the Mexican government has issued a hurricane warning for the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula from Punta Gruesa to Cancun. Officials have initiated widespread storm preparations. Rina is not expected to affect oil and gas…

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