Tourists fleeing out of Mexico's resort | English

Tourists wait at an improvised camp outside a checkpoint barring entry to Cancun's international airport October 25, 2005, hoping to fly out of the Mexican Caribbean resort, which was laid waste by Hurricane Wilma during a three-day siege of wind and rain earlier in the week.

Foreign tourists arrive at Cancun's international airport October 25, 2005 as they prepare to fly out of the Mexican Caribbean resort which was laid waste by Hurricane Wilma during a three-day siege of wind and rain earlier in the week. Tourists rushed to flee Mexico's Caribbean coast on Tuesday where Hurricane Wilma wrecked hotels and ate up large chunks of soft white beaches that pull in millions of vacationers every year.