<p>Tropical Storm Franklin hit Playa del Carmen, Mexico, on August 8, after making landfall</a> on the Yucatan Peninsula the day before.</p><p>The storm weakened as it passed over the peninsula, according to reports</a>, but meteorologists said it could pick up again as it crosses the Gulf of Mexico.</p><p>This footage shows the storm’s wind gusts whipping palm trees back and forth in a resort in Puerto Morelos, a town in Mexico’s easternmost state, Quintana Roo. Credit: Instagram/alanfullbright via Storyful</p><br />
