Wilma tourists still stranded; Cozumel severely damaged

While tourists have finally been evacuated from Cozumel, thousands of others are stranded in Cancun waiting to come home.

Wilma severely battered the Yucatan last week leaving behind destruction above and below the surface. Tourists are sleeping on hotel lawns in Merida and Cancun residents, despite police presence, are manning improvised barricades to protect their neighborhoods from looters. Tourists began standing in line at the

Hurricane Emily swept through in July leaving minimal damage, sparing Cozumel's coveted reefs. Wilma apparently was not so benevolent according to the Environment Department.

Tourists now flood the gutted Cancun airport waiting in line for hours for a plane ticket back home.
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