In pictures: Hurricane Wilma
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Reuters - Fri Oct 21, 9:46 PM ET
Waves surge in the Caribbean Sea as Hurricane Wilma pummels Playa del Carmen in Mexico's Caribbean state of Quintana Roo October 21, 2005. 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. REUTERS/Henry Romero -
Reuters - Fri Oct 21, 9:48 PM ET
Debris lies in a flooded street as Hurricane Wilma hits Playa del Carmen in Mexico's Caribbean state of Quintana Roo October 21, 2005. 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. REUTERS/Henry Romero -
Reuters - Fri Oct 21, 9:53 PM ET
A power pole leans to one side in a street littered with debris from Hurricane Wilma in Playa del Carmen in Mexico's Caribbean state of Quintana Roo October 21, 2005. 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. REUTERS/Henry Romero -
Reuters - Fri Oct 21, 9:58 PM ET
Debris from a damaged house is strewn on the ground as Hurricane Wilma pummels Playa del Carmen in Mexico's Caribbean state of Quintana Roo October 21, 2005. 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. REUTERS/Henry Romero -
Reuters - Fri Oct 21,10:12 PM ET
Hurricane Wilma hits Playa del Carmen in Mexico's Caribbean state of Quintana Roo October 21, 2005. 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. REUTERS/Henry Romero -
Reuters - Fri Oct 21,10:18 PM ET
Jorge Osorio, 45, holds a soccer ball outside his flood-damaged home after looking at the damage that had been inflicted in the Mid Town neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana October 21, 2005. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson -
AP - Fri Oct 21,10:26 PM ET
This infrared satellite image provided by NOAA and taken at 9.45 p.m. EDT Friday Oct. 21, 2005 shows Hurricane Wilma as it touches the Mexican Yucatan peninsula. 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 debris as thousands of stranded tourists hunkered down in hotel ballrooms and emergency shelters. Packing winds of 140 mph, the storm shattered windows and downed trees that crushed cars on the island of Cozumel, a popular cruise-ship stop. Pay phones jutted from floodwaters in the famed hotel zone. (AP Photo/NOAA) -
AP - Fri Oct 21,10:31 PM ET
This satellite image provided by NOAA and taken at 3:15 p.m. EDT Friday Oct. 21, 2005 shows Hurricane Wilma as it reaches the Mexican Yucatan peninsula. 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 debris as thousands of stranded tourists hunkered down in hotel ballrooms and emergency shelters. Packing winds of 140 mph, the storm shattered windows and downed trees that crushed cars on the island of Cozumel, a popular cruise-ship stop. Pay phones jutted from floodwaters in the famed hotel zone. (AP Photo/NOAA) -
AP - Sat Oct 22,12:09 AM ET
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Deano Harrison, of Biloxi Miss, prepares to drop a dropsonde from an C-130 weather reconnaissance plane into Hurricane Wilma near Cozumel, Mexico Friday, Oct. 21, 2005. Harrison is part of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron temporary based at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Ga., after their home base in Biloxi was damaged by Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) -
AP - Sat Oct 22,12:10 AM ET
U.S. Air Force Capt. Dan Jones, of Biloxi Miss, flies a C-130 weather reconnaissance plane into Hurricane Wilma Friday, Oct. 21, 2005. Jones is part of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron temporary based at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Ga., after their home base in Biloxi was damaged by Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) -
AP - Sat Oct 22,12:11 AM ET
U.S. Air Force Capt. Dan Jones, left, pilots a C-130 weather reconnaissance plane into Hurricane Wilma near Cozumel, Mexico as co-pilot Capt. Jerry Rutland, right, and aircraft commander Col. Floyd Plash take photos Friday, Oct. 21, 2005. Harrison is part of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron temporary based at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Ga., after their home base in Biloxi, Miss., was damaged by Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) -
AP - Sat Oct 22,12:11 AM ET
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Deano Harrison, of Biloxi Miss, prepares to drop a dropsonde from an C-130 weather reconnaissance plane into Hurricane Wilma near Cozumel, Mexico Friday, Oct. 21, 2005. Harrison is part of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron temporary based at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Ga., after their home base in Biloxi was damaged by Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) -
AFP - Sat Oct 22,12:33 AM ET
An antique and souvenir store appears almost destroyed by Hurricane Wilma in downtown Cancun. Hurricane Wilma relentlessly pummeled Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, unleashing heavy rain and driving winds over a resort area known for its picturesque beaches(AFP/Omar Torres) -
AFP - Sat Oct 22,12:33 AM ET
Palm trees on Kukulcan avenue in Cancun beach area are lashed by the winds of Hurricane Wilma. Hurricane Wilma relentlessly pummeled Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, unleashing heavy rain and driving winds over a resort area known for its picturesque beaches(AFP/Omar Torres) -
AFP - Sat Oct 22,12:33 AM ET
A peasant family is seen in a temporary shelter on the outskirts of Pinar del Rio, 160 km to the West of Havana facing the imminent arrival of Hurricane Wilma. Hurricane Wilma relentlessly pummeled Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, unleashing heavy rain and driving winds over a resort area known for its picturesque beaches(AFP/Adalberto Roque) -
Reuters - Sat Oct 22, 1:08 AM ET
Hurricane Wilma hits Playa del Carmen in Mexico's Caribbean state of Quintana Roo October 21, 2005. (Henry Romero/Reuters) -
Reuters - Sat Oct 22, 1:19 AM ET
Fans hold up a sign during the Kansas City Chiefs against the Miami Dolphins game in Florida October 21, 2005. The game was rescheduled from this Sunday to tonight due to hurricane Wilma. (Jason Arnold/Reuters) -
Reuters - Sat Oct 22, 2:24 AM ET
Tito Colon, a native of Chicago, Illinois, works to install new cable lines to homes that are still deserted in the once flooded eastern region of New Orleans, Louisiana October 20, 2005. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) -
AP - Sat Oct 22, 4:08 AM ET
This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, Oct.r 22, 2005 at 3:15 a.m. EDT shows large Hurricane Wilma inland on the Yacatan Peninsula. Elsewhere clouds associated with a low pressure system cover the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states. (AP Photo/NOAA) -
AFP/NOAA/File - Sat Oct 22, 8:04 AM ET
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite image shows Hurricane Wilma passing over Isla de Cozumel, Mexico. Wilma has been downgraded to a category three storm packing sustained winds of 205 kilometers (125 miles) an hour.(AFP/NOAA/File) -
Reuters - Sat Oct 22, 8:44 AM 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. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar -
Reuters - Sat Oct 22, 8:48 AM ET
Ben Westerhouse carries a tape measure as he finishes boarding up his surf shop in Fort Myers Beach, Florida October 21, 2005 in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Wilma. The O in the word open on the plywood covered windows is the symbol for a hurricane. Wilma is expected in the region in the next few days. 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. (Rick Wilking/Reuters) -
Reuters - Sat Oct 22, 8:48 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. (Henry Romero/Reuters) -
Reuters - Sat Oct 22, 8:48 AM 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) -
Reuters - Sat Oct 22, 8:48 AM ET
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite image shows Hurricane Wilma in the northwestern Caribbean Sea on October 20, 2005. (NOAA/Handout/Reuters)