poon cho tang SG 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)
poon cho tang SG 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)
poon cho tang SG 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)
poon cho tang SG 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)
poon cho tang SG 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)
poon cho tang SG 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
poon cho tang SG 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)
poon cho tang SG 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
poon cho tang SG 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)
poon cho tang SG 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)
poon cho tang SG AP - Thu Oct 20, 8:42 PM ET Yuniel Soler, left, takes out his boat of the water in preparation for Hurricane Wilma, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2005, in Beach Cortes, Pinar del Rio, Cuba. (AP Photo/Jorge Rey)
poon cho tang SG Reuters - Fri Oct 21, 9:15 AM ET A hotel security member prevents passage to the beach as Hurricane Wilma approaches at the resort town of Cancun in Mexico's state of Quintana Roo October 20, 2005. (Daniel Aguilar/Reuters)
poon cho tang SG Reuters - Fri Oct 21, 8:45 AM ET Residents gather at a shelter after being evacuated from their homes in Playa del Carmen, as as Hurricane Wilma approaches Mexico's state of Quintana Roo October 20, 2005. (Henry Romero/Reuters)
poon cho tang SG Reuters - Fri Oct 21, 1:12 AM ET A ferry and a half submerged ship lie in a harbour as the sea surges behind at Puerto Morelos near Cancun October 20, 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 around 150 mph (240 kph). The ship had to be cut loose as it was becoming a hazard due to the storm surge from hurricane Wilma. (Stringer/Reuters)
poon cho tang SG AFP - Fri Oct 21, 9:00 AM ET A Mexican soldier carries some mattresses for tourists at a shelter in Cancun, state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. 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/Alfredo Estrella)
poon cho tang SG Reuters - Fri Oct 21,12:21 PM ET National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite image shows Hurricane Wilma in the northwestern Caribbean Sea on October 20, 2005. (NOAA/Handout/Reuters)
poon cho tang SG Reuters - Fri Oct 21, 1:12 AM ET A view of the beach at the resort town of Cancun in Mexico's state of Quintana Roo as Hurricane Wilma approaches October 20, 2005. (Daniel Aguilar/Reuters)
poon cho tang SG Reuters - Fri Oct 21, 1:12 AM ET A general view of a beach at the resort town of Cancun in Mexico's state of Quintana Roo as Hurricane Wilma approaches October 20, 2005. (Daniel Aguilar/Reuters)
poon cho tang SG AP - Fri Oct 21, 9:27 AM ET Tourists who were evacuated from their hotels sleep in a provisional shelter covered with plastic bags as Hurricane Wilma approaches the area on Friday Oct. 21, 2005 in Cancun, Mexico. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
poon cho tang SG Reuters - Fri Oct 21, 9:14 AM ET A tourist holds a child as she arrives at a storm shelter as hurricane Wilma approaches in Cancun on the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico October 20, 2005. (Daniel Aguilar/Reuters)
