The eye of the storm was expected to cross the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula on Tuesday night, then move across the peninsula into the Bay of Campeche by Wednesday afternoon or evening.

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Areas of Honduras and the Yucatan Peninsula were under tropical storm warnings.

CNN: Hurricane Ernesto nears Yucatan Peninsula

Shot in various locations ranging from the jungles of Bolivia to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, filming was grueling.

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Ernesto made initial landfall Tuesday night as a Category 1 hurricane in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, on the Yucatan Peninsula.

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Belize, the southern Yucatan Peninsula and northern Guatemala may get up to 12 inches of rain in some areas.

CNN: Hurricane Ernesto nears Yucatan Peninsula

Belize, the southern Yucatan Peninsula and northern Guatemala may see as much as 4 inches of rain, the hurricane center said.

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The hole made by that collision, in what is now the Yucatan Peninsula in southern Mexico, has long since been buried in thick layers of sediment under the sea.

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