Hurricane Emily

Lightposts and signs are seen strewn on the streets of the main hotel strip in Cancun, Mexico, in the early morning hours of July 18, 2005. Hurricane Emily hit Cancun during the night.

A tourist makes her way through the flooded streets of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, after Hurricane Emily passed on July 18, 2005. Emily hit the beaches of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, causing widespread damage.

Longino Diaz and his neighbor, Yolanda, have breakfast in front of their destroyed home in the town of Playa Aventura, Mexico, July 18, 2005.

A tourist sits with her child on the beach amidst destoyed huts in Playa del Carmen after Hurricane Emily passed over the island July 18, 2005. Hurricane Emily hit Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, causing widespread damage.

Traffic curves around a fallen highway sign in Cancun after Hurricane Emily passed July 18, 2005.

Mexican army soldiers clear debris and fallen leaves after the onslaught of Hurricane Emily in Playa del Carmen July 18, 2005.

A pedestrian walks under an electric pole in Playa del Carmen, a resort town south of Cancun, Mexico, after Hurricane Emily passed July 18, 2005.

A woman and her baby watch as people cross a flooded street in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, July 18, 2005.

A tourist sleeps on a beach cot outside of the Copacabana hotel located just outside of Playa del Carmen, a resort town south of Cancun, Mexico, after Hurricane Emily passed over July 18, 2005.

A surfer makes use of the waves provoked by Hurricane Emily in Kingston, Jamaica, July 16, 2005.

Julie Adams, left, stocks up on food in anticipation of Emily at a supermarket in downtown Kingstown, St. Vincent, July 13, 2005.

Employees of a department store put plywood on the windows in downtown Kingstown, St. Vincent, July 13, 2005.

An unidentified woman walks with her last-minute grocery items while store owners protect their windows with plywood in Kingstown, St. Vincent, July 13, 2005.

Boats belonging to fishermen are seen after being taken out of the water and placed on a street in Kingstown, St. Vincent, July 13, 2005.

Fishermen pull a boat from the water in Kingstown, St. Vincent, July 13, 2005.

Venezuelan tourists dance on a beach in the Northeast Cumana, Venezuela, July 14, 2004. Hurricane Emily was heading west, and a tropical storm warning was in effect for Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao, but the islands are not in the direct path of the storm and should expect heavy rain. A tropical storm warning was also called for the northern coast of Venezuela.

Venezuelan children swim at a beach closed in the Northeast Cumana, Venezuela, July 14, 2004.

A Venezuelan policeman patrols a beach closed in the Northeast Cumana, Venezuela, July 14, 2004. Hurricane Emily

Cars are submerged in flooded waters in Zeewijk, Aruba, July 15, 2005, after Hurricane Emily passed about 118 miles north of the island in the early morning, leaving substantial rainfall.

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