La tempesta tropicale Rina in arrivo alla Playa del Carmen, Messico

A child plays with seagulls at the beach in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, during the approach of Tropical Storm Rina Thursday Oct. 27, 2011. Rina was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm Thursday afternoon after many tourists had already cut short their trips to Cancun and other Caribbean resorts ahead of what once threatened to be a Category 3 storm. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)