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Founded 500 years ago by the Spanish conquistador Diego Velazquez de Cuellar, Trinidad is renowned for its preserved Spanish colonial architecture and has even been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The once-rich town belonged to wealthy landowners who prospered from the sugar and slave trades. Today, most of their houses—many built by hand—are museums and tourist attractions. “It’s so colorful and lovely,” Hogh remarks. “But because of global warming, the weather in the Caribbean will become more severe with storms. Many of these houses will disappear because they are built by hand and fragile.” Located in the Caribbean Sea, Trinidad, together with the rest of Cuba, lies in the path of hurricanes. In 2008, Hurricane Ike struck Cuba 10 days after another major hurricane roared through the country, damaging almost 1,000 homes in Trinidad and causing massive landslides and river flooding. (Getty Images/Bertrand Gardel) Enlarge Photo Getty Slideshow:Tropical Storms and Hurricanes

Bud continues to weaken off Mexico's coast

AP - Sat May 26, 10:51 am ET

AP - Bud is weakening and becoming increasingly disorganized in the Pacific just off Mexico.

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