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Mexican authorities are bracing for Hurricane Wilma to strike the country's Yucatan Peninsula. Madeleine Brand speaks with Carlos Rocha, operator of Cancun Limo in the Mexican resort city of ...
On Monday, Wilma became the Atlantic hurricane season's 21st named storm, tying the record set in 1933 and exhausting the list of names for this year. The hurricane season ends Nov. 30.
CANCUN, Mexico — Desperate tourists jockeyed for flights out of Cancun today as officials hauled thousands of visitors from luxury hotels to emergency shelters ahead of Hurricane Wilma, which ...
CANCUN, Mexico — Troops and federal police moved in Monday to control looting at stores and shopping centers ripped open by Hurricane Wilma. Hunger and frustration erupted among Mexicans and ...
At 6 p.m., Wilma’s winds were at 140 mph — down slightly from 145 mph a few hours earlier — as the storm made landfall on Cozumel, the hurricane center said.
CANCUN, Mexico — Tourists packed Cancun's airport and shuttled from luxury hotels to spartan emergency shelters Thursday, desperately trying to escape Hurricane Wilma as its outer bands battered ...
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) -- Hurricane Wilma tore into Mexico's resort-studded Mayan Riviera on Friday with torrential rains and shrieking winds, filling the streets with water, shattered glass and ...
Wilma's extreme intensity also set a record for the smallest documented eye size, only 2.3 miles wide. According to NOAA's Hurricane Research Division, an average eye is 20 to 40 miles wide.
NAPLES, Fla., Oct. 21 -- As Hurricane Wilma battered Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Friday with 140-mph winds and heavy rain, surfers in Florida scanned the horizon and predicted the arrival of ...
Cancun's official hurricane season runs from June to November, with peak risk in August, September, and October. While not every year brings disaster, this area has definitely seen its fair share ...
Hurricane Wilma, which swept across South Florida on Oct. 24, 2005, caused more than $20 billion in damage. The storm led to weeks of electrical outages and long lines for gas — and a lot of ...
Hurricane Wilma, which swept across South Florida on Oct. 24, 2005, caused more than $20 billion in damage. The storm led to weeks of electrical outages and long lines for gas - and a lot of ...