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Tourists flee huge Hurricane Wilma in Mexico

Tourists flee huge Hurricane Wilma in Mexico Roaring waves pounded Mexican beach resorts on Thursday and thousands of tourists were ready to be evacuated as powerful Hurricane Wilma plowed through the Caribbean on its way to Florida. Cuba evacuated 100,000 people and residents of southern Florida stocked up on drinking water and gas to prepare for Wilma, which spun off the coasts of Mexico and Belize packing winds of around 145 mph (230 kph). Described by forecasters as extremely dangerous, Wilma killed 10 people in mudslides in Haiti earlier in the week. Expensive beachfront hotels all along Mexico's "Maya Riviera" coast emptied

Wilma slams Mexico resorts, tourists flee

Wilma slams Mexico resorts, tourists flee Lashing wind and rain pounded Mexican beach resorts on Friday and thousands of tourists hunkered down in shelters to escape Hurricane Wilma, which was hammering Caribbean resorts on its way to densely populated southern Florida. Heavy rain was coming down in diagonal sheets and howling winds were buckling sturdy trees. Tourists were evacuated from luxury beachfront hotels all along Mexico’s “Maya Riviera” coast and the normally calm, turquoise Caribbean seas heaved and Wilma dumped rain on streets patrolled by soldiers ordering people to take cover. Described by forecasters as extremely dangerous and at its height later

UPDATE 5-Hurricane Wilma lashes Mexico’s "Riviera”

UPDATE 5-Hurricane Wilma lashes Mexico's "Riviera" Hurricane Wilma's ferocious winds battered Mexico's famed Caribbean beach resorts on Friday, knocking over trees and signposts and trapping thousands of nervous tourists in cramped shelters. Powerful waves swallowed up white sand beaches in the popular resort of Cancun and howling winds tore across the island of Cozumel, a favorite of scuba divers and cruise ship passengers. All along the "Maya Riviera", sturdy tropical trees danced in the wild wind and others lay toppled in empty and flooded streets. Electricity was cut and signposts were sent spinning through the air. "I'm okay, I'm okay -- don't worry," Italian

UPDATE 5-Fierce Hurricane Wilma threatens Mexico, Fla.

UPDATE 5-Fierce Hurricane Wilma threatens Mexico, Fla. Hurricane Wilma became the fiercest Atlantic hurricane ever seen as it churned toward western Cuba and Mexico's Yucatan peninsula on Wednesday, and threatened densely populated Florida after killing 10 people in Haiti. The season's record-tying 21st storm, fueled by the warm waters of the northwest Caribbean Sea, strengthened with unprecedented speed into a Category 5 hurricane, the top rank on the five-step scale of hurricane intensity. Oil and gas facilities in the Gulf of Mexico were expected to escape this storm but Florida's orange groves were at risk. Early Wednesday, a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance plane measured

UPDATE 1-Hurricane Wilma ’clobbering’ Mexico’s Yucatan

UPDATE 1-Hurricane Wilma 'clobbering' Mexico's Yucatan Massive Hurricane Wilma clobbered Mexico's Caribbean beach resorts on Saturday, threatening heavy damage and loss of life as it meandered slowly into the Yucatan peninsula. Winds of 125 miles an hour (220 kph) howled in off the sea, knocking over houses, upturning trees and trapping thousands of tourists in cramped shelters. The storm was downgraded to a Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, from a Category 4 on Friday and a record-breaking Category 5 earlier this week. The calm of the storm's eye settled over Playa del Carmen early in the day but the storm's north eye

UPDATE 4-Hurricane Wilma aims at Florida after Mexico chaos

UPDATE 4-Hurricane Wilma aims at Florida after Mexico chaos Hurricane Wilma thundered toward Florida on Sunday after devastating Mexico's Caribbean resorts with floodwaters and wild winds that smashed thousands of homes and killed at least seven people. While residents of the Florida Keys hunkered down for battering winds and a powerful surge of floodwaters, dazed tourists waded through knee-deep water in the streets of Mexico's beach resort Cancun to seek food and water after three nights in damp shelters without electricity. At one point the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin, Wilma weakened as it hammered Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula

UPDATE 4-Hurricane Wilma lashes Mexico’s beach resorts

UPDATE 4-Hurricane Wilma lashes Mexico's beach resorts Hurricane Wilma's fierce winds and rain battered Mexico's famed Caribbean beach resorts on Friday, knocking over trees and trapping thousands of nervous tourists inside cramped shelters. Powerful waves swallowed up white sand beaches in the popular resort of Cancun and electricity was cut all along Mexico's "Maya Riviera" and on the island of Cozumel, a favorite of scuba divers and cruise ship passengers. Sturdy tropical trees danced in howling winds and others lay toppled in empty and flooded streets in the resort of Playa del Carmen, just south of Cancun. Snapped electricity cables dangled above the

Mexico’s Cozumel, storm survivor, awaits tourists

Mexico's Cozumel, storm survivor, awaits tourists At first glance, Mexico's Cozumel island -- a Caribbean jewel ringed with coral reefs -- looks like the site of a nuclear explosion. Chunks of concrete pier have been swept away, palm-thatched beachside bars are stripped to skeletons, lush forest has turned into dry brown kindling and huge bites have been taken out of concrete buildings. Yet unlike nearby Cancun, whose high-rise resorts are nearly all shut for repairs after their beaches were sucked away by Hurricane Wilma last month, many of Cozumel's hotels are open. Its best white sand beaches -- which are natural rather than

Six dead as Wilma batters Mexico

Six dead as Wilma batters Mexico At least six people have died as Hurricane Wilma lingers over Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, Reuters reports. Two deaths been reported on the island on the island of Cozumel, and one person died in Cancun when a gust of wind blew out a window. In the resort town of Playa del Carmen, two people died when a gas tank exploded, while to the west of the Yucatan Peninsula, a large tree branch crushed a man to death. The slow-moving storm has sent waves as high as the third storey of some hotels in the resort of

Hurricane Wilma Scrubs Mexico’s MTV Awards

Hurricane Wilma Scrubs Mexico's MTV Awards Hurricane Wilma Forces MTV to Postpone Latin American Music Awards; New Date Not Set The approach of Hurricane Wilma has forced MTV to postpone its Latin American music video awards ceremony, which had been scheduled for Mexico's Playa del Carmen resort. Dulce Gordillo, MTV's Mexico spokeswoman, confirmed the postponement and said a new date for the show hadn't been set. The cable network had shifted the program from Thursday to Wednesday to avoid the hurricane, which was forecast to pass close by Mexico's Caribbean coast Friday. More: abcnews.go.com