s ▁weak ening ▁in ▁the ▁central ▁Car ib bean . ▁In ▁the ▁country , ▁officials ▁ad vised ▁fish erm en ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁har bor , ▁while ▁some ▁fl ights ▁into ▁Norman ▁Man ley ▁International ▁Airport ▁were ▁can ce led . ▁A ▁tropical ▁storm ▁warning ▁was ▁also ▁issued ▁for ▁the ▁C ay man ▁Islands , ▁where ▁an ▁emer gency ▁shelter ▁was ▁opened . ▁There , ▁tour ists ▁were ▁recommended ▁to ▁tempor arily ▁leave ▁the ▁islands . ▁ ▁About ▁ 5 0   h ours ▁before ▁land fall , ▁a ▁tropical ▁storm ▁watch ▁was ▁issued ▁for ▁Bel ize ▁and ▁the ▁eastern ▁Y uc at án ▁Pen ins ula , ▁and ▁about ▁ 1 2   h ours ▁later ▁it ▁was ▁upgrad ed ▁to ▁a ▁h urr icane ▁watch . ▁When ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁significant ▁intens ification ▁became ▁apparent , ▁a ▁tropical ▁storm ▁warning ▁was ▁added ▁for ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁Y uc at án ▁Pen ins ula ▁and ▁later ▁for ▁a ▁portion ▁of ▁the ▁Mexican ▁coast ▁along ▁the ▁Bay ▁of ▁Campe che . ▁As ▁the ▁storm ▁approached , ▁nearly ▁ 2 , 5 0 0   people ▁in ▁vulner able ▁areas ▁of ▁eastern ▁Mexico ▁ev acu ated ▁to ▁sa fer ▁areas . ▁About ▁ 8 , 0 0 0   people ▁ev acu ated ▁in ▁Bel ize , ▁primarily ▁on ▁off sh ore ▁islands . ▁The ▁government ▁of ▁Bel ize ▁opened ▁its ▁emer gency ▁operation ▁center ▁and ▁ev acu ated ▁several ▁hosp it als . ▁About ▁ 2 5 0   air line ▁fl ights