Hurricane Emily Pounds Mexico

Hurricane Emily moved into the Gulf of Mexico Monday after pounding the island of Cozumel and the Yucatan peninsula and forcing the evacuation of thousands of people on the Mexican mainland. The storm was forecast to strengthen as it moves out to sea and is expected to hit land again in northeast Mexico and southern Texas Tuesday night. Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico’s state-owned oil monopoly, suspended production at offshore oil fields in the Campeche Sound, and evacuated more than 15,000 workers. The Campeche Sound pumped 83 percent of the country’s output, or 2.8 million barrels a day, in the five months through May.