In pictures: Hurricane Wilma
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Reuters - Fri Oct 21,11:49 AM ET
Palm trees buckle under heavy rain and strong winds as Hurricane Wilma approaches Playa del Carmen in Mexico's Caribbean state of Quintana Roo October 21, 2005. Roaring waves pounded Mexican beach resorts on Thursday and thousands of tourists were evacuated to escape the wrath of Hurricane Wilma, which gathered strength in the Caribbean on its way to Florida. Cuba evacuated 220,000 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 about 150 mph (240 kph). REUTERS/Henry Romero -
AP - Fri Oct 21,11:50 AM ET
Lucresia Espinosa, 90, right, and her daughter Carmen Lopez take shelter from the approaching Hurricane Wilma in an evacuation center located in the school 'Antonio Guiteras', Friday Oct. 21, 2005 in Pinar del Rio, Cuba. Cuba evacuated nearly 370,000 people in the face of the storm, which has already killed at least 13 people in Haiti and Jamaica. (AP Photo/Jorge Rey) -
Reuters - Fri Oct 21,11:52 AM ET
Mexican policemen wait as Hurricane Wilma approaches Playa del Carmen in Mexico's Caribbean state of Quintana Roo October 21, 2005. Roaring waves pounded Mexican beach resorts on Thursday and thousands of tourists were evacuated to escape the wrath of Hurricane Wilma, which gathered strength in the Caribbean on its way to Florida. Cuba evacuated 220,000 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 about 150 mph (240 kph). REUTERS/Henry Romero -
Reuters - Fri Oct 21,11:52 AM ET
Mark Byrd checks out hurricane shutters in anticipation of hurricane Wilma in West Palm Beach, Florida, October 21, 2005. People are beginning to prepare along the East Coast of Florida bracing for Hurricane Wilma's impact, in the hope its 240 kilometer (150 mile) per hour winds will not pick up strength before it makes landfall. REUTERS/Marc Serota -
Reuters - Fri Oct 21,11:53 AM ET
A flooded street due to heavy rain and strong winds as Hurricane Wilma approaches is seen at Playa del Carmen in Mexico's Caribbean state of Quintana Roo October 21, 2005. Roaring waves pounded Mexican beach resorts on Thursday and thousands of tourists were evacuated to escape the wrath of Hurricane Wilma, which gathered strength in the Caribbean on its way to Florida. Cuba evacuated 220,000 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 about 150 mph (240 kph). REUTERS/Henry Romero -
Reuters - Fri Oct 21,11:54 AM ET
Michael Wilson installs aluminium hurricane shutters at his home in anticipation of hurricane Wilma in West Palm Beach, Florida, October 21, 2005. People are beginning to prepare along the East Coast of Florida bracing for Hurricane Wilma's impact, in the hope its 240 kilometer (150 mile) per hour winds will not pick up strength before it makes landfall. REUTERS/Marc Serota -
Reuters - Fri Oct 21,11:54 AM ET
Drivers of Cuban taxis, called 'bicitaxi', ride through the rain as Hurricane Wilma approaches Havana October 21, 2005. Hurricane Wilma became the fiercest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded as it churned towards western Cuba and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula today, threatening densely populated Florida after killing 10 people in Haiti. REUTERS/Daniel LeClair -
Reuters - Fri Oct 21,11:57 AM ET
A road sign is knocked down by the winds of Hurricane Wilma on a street in the resort town of Cancun in Mexico's state of Quintana Roo October 21, 2005. Roaring waves pounded Mexican beach resorts on Thursday and thousands of tourists were evacuated to escape the wrath of Hurricane Wilma, which gathered strength in the Caribbean on its way to Florida. Cuba evacuated 220,000 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 about 150 mph (240 kph). REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar -
Reuters - Fri Oct 21,11:59 AM ET
A Cuban man fishes in the rain as Hurricane Wilma approaches Havana October 21, 2005. Hurricane Wilma became the fiercest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded as it churned towards western Cuba and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula today, threatening densely populated Florida after killing 10 people in Haiti. REUTERS/Daniel LeClair -
Reuters - Fri Oct 21,12:02 PM ET
A Cuban fisherman walks the Malecon in the rain as Hurricane Wilma approaches Havana October 21, 2005. Hurricane Wilma became the fiercest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded as it churned towards western Cuba and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula today, threatening densely populated Florida after killing 10 people in Haiti. REUTERS/Daniel LeClair -
Reuters - Fri Oct 21,12:03 PM ET
Tourists stand outside a storm hotel shelter in the resort town of Cancun in Mexico's state of Quintana Roo October 21, 2005. Roaring waves pounded Mexican beach resorts on Thursday and thousands of tourists were evacuated to escape the wrath of Hurricane Wilma, which gathered strength in the Caribbean on its way to Florida. Cuba evacuated 220,000 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 about 150 mph (240 kph). REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar -
Reuters - Fri Oct 21,12:04 PM ET
An oil station sign is knocked down by the winds of Hurricane Wilma on a street in the resort town of Cancun in Mexico's state of Quintana Roo October 21, 2005. Roaring waves pounded Mexican beach resorts on Thursday and thousands of tourists were evacuated to escape the wrath of Hurricane Wilma, which gathered strength in the Caribbean on its way to Florida. Cuba evacuated 220,000 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 about 150 mph (240 kph). REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar -
AP - Fri Oct 21,12:05 PM ET
Evacuated residents from the town of Coloma take shelter in the Antonio Guiteras School in Pinar del Rio, Cuba Friday Oct. 21, 2005 as Hurricane Wilma threatens the the island. (AP Photo/Jorge Rey) -
Reuters - Fri Oct 21,12:06 PM ET
A dog looks out of a basket as a Cuban couple ride their bikes to take shelter outside of Coloma, as Hurricane Wilma approaches in Pinar del Rio province, Cuba October 20, 2005. (Claudia Daut/Reuters) -
Reuters - Fri Oct 21,12:06 PM ET
Palm trees buckle under heavy rain and strong winds as Hurricane Wilma approaches Playa del Carmen in Mexico's Caribbean state of Quintana Roo October 21, 2005. (Henry Romero/Reuters) -
Reuters - Fri Oct 21,12:06 PM ET
A view of waves hitting the pier as Hurricane Wilma approaches is seen at Playa del Carmen in Mexico's Caribbean state of Quintana Roo October 21, 2005. (Henry Romero/Reuters) -
Reuters - Fri Oct 21,12:06 PM ET
Palm trees buckle under heavy rain and strong winds as Hurricane Wilma approaches the resort town of Cancun in Mexico's state of Quintana Roo October 21, 2005. (Daniel Aguilar/Reuters) -
AP - Fri Oct 21,12:07 PM ET
A man makes his way through the streets of Playa del Carmen, Mexico as hurricane Wilma approaches on Friday Oct. 21, 2005. The fearsome core of Hurricane Wilma slammed into the island of Cozumel early, starting a long, grinding march across Mexico's resort-studded coastline, where thousands of stranded tourists hunkered down in shelters and hotel ballrooms.(AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) -
AP - Fri Oct 21,12:09 PM ET
Cuban fishermen prepare rowboats in secure areas from the threat of Hurricane Wilma, in La Havana, Cuba, Friday Oct. 21, 2005. Cuban civil defense officials said more than 220,000 people fled their homes in low-lying areas on the island. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) -
AP - Fri Oct 21,12:11 PM ET
Cuban fishermen cast their lines in Havana's famous Malecon before the arrival of Hurricane Wilma, in La Havana, Cuba, Friday Oct. 21, 2005. Cuban civil defense officials said more than 220,000 people fled their homes in low-lying areas on the island. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) -
Reuters - Fri Oct 21,12:14 PM ET
Palm trees buckle under heavy rain and strong winds as Hurricane Wilma approaches the resort town of Cancun in Mexico's state of Quintana Roo October 21, 2005. Roaring waves pounded Mexican beach resorts on Thursday and thousands of tourists were evacuated to escape the wrath of Hurricane Wilma, which gathered strength in the Caribbean on its way to Florida. Cuba evacuated 220,000 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 about 150 mph (240 kph). REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar -
AP - Fri Oct 21, 2:57 AM ET
This NOAA satellite image taken Friday, Oct. 21, 2005, at 2:15 a.m. EDT shows Hurricane Wilma approaching the Yucatan Peninsula as a Category 4 storm. The storm is expected to strengthen even further before making landfall over Cozumel and then near the northern tip of the Yucatan Friday night. The storm is then expected to move northeast toward Florida. Over land, clouds over the Ohio Valley north of a low pressure system center over the middle Mississippi Valley. These clouds are dropping light to heavy rainfall over the region. (AP Photo/NOAA) -
Reuters - Thu Oct 20,12:02 AM ET
A general view of the beach at the resort town of Cancun in Mexico's state of Quintana Roo as Hurricane Wilma approaches October 19, 2005. Described by meteorologists as potentially catastrophic, Wilma dumped rain on the Honduran coast and whipped up winds that briefly reached nearly 175 mph (280 km). Authorities began evacuating 10,000 people in the Mexican coastal state of Quintana Roo and tourists lined up at the airport to escape the beach resort of Cancun, where the storm was due to hit on Thursday. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar -
AP - Thu Oct 20, 1:10 PM ET
Strong waves batter the resort city of Cancun, Mexico as Hurricane Wilma approaches Thursday Oct. 20, 2005. Wilma weakened slightly as it roared toward Mexico's Yucatan peninsula and south Florida, with forecasters calling it an 'extremely dangerous' storm that has already killed 12. (AP Photo/Israel Leal) -
AFP - Fri Oct 21, 9:00 AM ET
A sign, outside a restaurant in Cancun, reads 'Wilma you are not invited to our party.' Thousands of tourists hunkered down in shelters in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, bracing for Hurricane Wilma's impact, in the hope its 240 kilometre (150 mile) per hour winds will not pick up strength before it makes landfall.(AFP/Omar Torres)