It has been 19 years since the landfall of Wilma. It holds records to this day as one of the fastest intensifying and strongest hurricane in the Atlantic.

Wilma Becomes Hurricane. By Daniela Deane. October 17, 2005 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. Hurricane Wilma, churning in the northwestern Caribbean, will likely intensify during the next 24 hours and could ...

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 ...

Wilma's impact on Mexico Wilma's impact on Mexico is likely to be catastrophic. A 50-mile wide stretch of coast will receive Category 4 to 5 sustained winds of over 150 mph, causing incredible damage.