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Oct 28, 05, 7:35 pm
Cancun Empties Out After Wilma
By Associated Press
Friday, October 28, 2005 - Updated: 03:43 PM EST
CANCUN, Mexico - Some 10,000 storm-struck tourists trapped on Mexico’s Caribbean coast by Hurricane Wilma prepared to leave Friday, even as Mexico’s hotels planned for planeloads of new guests.
Bulldozers were gathering up tons of storm debris on Cancun’s long hotel strip that was slammed by Hurricane Wilma, and hotel owners in areas less damaged by the storm said they would start flying planeloads of new visitors to coastal resorts south of Cancun on Saturday.
Officials needed five days to evacuate all 40,000 tourists who were trapped inside shelters when Wilma smashed into the resort region on Friday with 145 mph winds. More than two days of furious winds caused what Mexico’s insurance industry said was the costliest disaster in Mexican history.
BostonHearald.com Article (http://news.bostonherald.com/international/view.bg?articleid=109334)
By Associated Press
Friday, October 28, 2005 - Updated: 03:43 PM EST
CANCUN, Mexico - Some 10,000 storm-struck tourists trapped on Mexico’s Caribbean coast by Hurricane Wilma prepared to leave Friday, even as Mexico’s hotels planned for planeloads of new guests.
Bulldozers were gathering up tons of storm debris on Cancun’s long hotel strip that was slammed by Hurricane Wilma, and hotel owners in areas less damaged by the storm said they would start flying planeloads of new visitors to coastal resorts south of Cancun on Saturday.
Officials needed five days to evacuate all 40,000 tourists who were trapped inside shelters when Wilma smashed into the resort region on Friday with 145 mph winds. More than two days of furious winds caused what Mexico’s insurance industry said was the costliest disaster in Mexican history.
BostonHearald.com Article (http://news.bostonherald.com/international/view.bg?articleid=109334)