<img src="http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/WEATHER/07/16/tropical.weather/story.emily.4.03.jpg" align=right>UPDATE
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Hurricane aims at Cayman Islands, Mexico
Heads toward heavy tourist spots
Sunday, July 17, 2005; Posted: 1:26 a.m. EDT (05:26 GMT)
(CNN) -- Rainbands of Hurricane Emily -- an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm with winds nearing 155 mph -- spread over Jamaica and the Cayman Islands Saturday evening as the storm's eye passed southwest of Jamaica and headed toward Mexico's Yucatan peninsula.
The latest long-range forecast from the National Hurricane Center shows that the storm -- bordering on Category 5 status -- could cross the Yucatan Monday and approach mainland Mexico near the Texas border by late Tuesday.
Such projections often change, however, because of the unpredictable nature of hurricane movement. Forecasters said Emily would move away from Jamaica and be near Grand Cayman early Sunday. The Mexican government late Saturday issued a hurricane warning for the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, including Cozumel and the Islas Mujeres.
It also extended a hurricane watch to include a larger swath of the peninsula's northern and western coasts. A hurricane watch means that hurricane conditions -- including sustained winds in excess of 73 mph -- are possible within the next 36 hours.
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