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| Hurricane Odile: Two Britons missing off Mexican coast | Hurricane Odile: Two Britons missing off Mexican coast |
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| Two Britons have been reported missing off the Mexican coast after Hurricane Odile hit the country last weekend. | Two Britons have been reported missing off the Mexican coast after Hurricane Odile hit the country last weekend. |
| Odile destroyed homes and hotels in the beach resorts of Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Sunday. | Odile destroyed homes and hotels in the beach resorts of Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Sunday. |
| The Foreign Office said it was providing consular assistance to the pair's families and had sent staff from the British embassy to help ensure the safety of tourists from the UK. | The Foreign Office said it was providing consular assistance to the pair's families and had sent staff from the British embassy to help ensure the safety of tourists from the UK. |
| On Wednesday, thousands of tourists had to be airlifted from one resort. | On Wednesday, thousands of tourists had to be airlifted from one resort. |
| Military and commercial planes transported them from Los Cabos international airport, which is closed to commercial flights because of damage from the storm. | |
| Odile made landfall at Mexico's Pacific Coast last Sunday as a category three hurricane, damaging buildings. | |
| Vigilante groups in Baja California Sur have set up patrols in an attempt to prevent looting in the state. | |
| Many shacks in poor areas in the region were blown away by the storm, which had maximum sustained winds of 125mph (205km/h) according to the US National Hurricane Center in Miami. | |
| Responding to reports about the missing UK nationals, a spokesman for the British embassy said: "We are in touch with local authorities and are providing consular assistance to the families at this difficult time. | |
| "We are urgently working with authorities on the ground in Mexico to ensure the safety of British nationals following Hurricane Odile, and have sent staff from our embassy to assist in this." |