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	Hurricane Wilma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wilma was only the third Category 5 ever to develop in the month of October and with the formation of Hurricane Wilma, the 2005 season became the most active on record, exceeding the 21 storms of the 1933 season.
		Wilma was the twenty-second storm, thirteenth hurricane, sixth major hurricane, and fourth Category 5 hurricane of the record-breaking season.
		Wilma was responsible for at least 62 total deaths and an estimated $16-20 billion (2005 USD) in damages throughout the areas it affected.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hurricane_Wilma (4179 words)

	NCDC: Climate of 2005: Hurricane Wilma
		Hurricane Wilma was the third hurricane of the Atlantic 2005 season to reach category 5 status, setting a new record for the seasonal number of category 5 storms.
		Hurricane Wilma slowed in forward speed and drifted northward across the northeastern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula during the 22nd, re-emerging into the Gulf of Mexico late that day.
		Hurricane Wilma re-intensified to reach a very strong category 3 status again with windspeeds of 125 mph (110 kts) after it exited the eastern Florida coast and began accelerating to the northeast.
	www.ncdc.noaa.gov /oa/climate/research/2005/wilma.html (1600 words)

	NASA - Hurricane Season 2005: Wilma
		Wilma's eye is in the center of the Florida peninsula, bringing battering winds and heavy rains to the Florida east coast.
		Hurricane Warnings are also posted on the Florida east coast from Jupiter Inlet southward, including Lake Okeechobee, as Wilma is expected to pass through Florida from the southwest to the north central part of the state.
		Hurricane Wilma is the 21st named storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, and the third Category 5 storm to develop in the western Caribbean this year.
	www.nasa.gov /vision/earth/lookingatearth/h2005_wilma.html (6898 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Americas \| Hurricane Wilma 'strongest ever'
		The hurricane, which was classified as a tropical storm on Tuesday, is expected to dump inches of rain across the region.
		Wilma is moving at a speed of 7mph (11km/h) towards Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, but is expected to turn north-west in the next 24 hours.
		The areas threatened by the new hurricane are still recovering from the devastation caused by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/4355622.stm (528 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Americas \| Hurricane Wilma grows in strength
		Hurricane Wilma is threatening Cuba and Mexico and is expected to strengthen as it ploughs north through the Caribbean.
		Wilma is the 12th hurricane of the season, a number reached only once before - in 1969 - since records began.
		Hurricane Wilma has bamboozled the weather forecasters, as it blows in.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/4352192.stm (467 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Hurricane Wilma, packing 175 mph wind, grows into most intense Atlantic ...
		A hurricane watch was in effect for the east coast of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, parts of Cuba and the Cayman Islands, and the National Hurricane Center warned of a "significant threat" to Florida.
		Wilma's confirmed pressure readings Wednesday morning dropped to 882 millibars –; the lowest minimum pressure ever measured in a hurricane in the Atlantic basin, according to the hurricane center.
		Wilma is the record-tying 12th hurricane of the season, the same number reached in 1969.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20051019-0758-hurricanewilma.html (1118 words)

	CNN.com - Record-tying Hurricane Wilma intensifies - Oct 18, 2005
		Wilma is expected to become a major hurricane -- Category 3 or above, with top winds over 110 mph (177 kph) -- in the next day or two, the hurricane center said.
		The projections for Wilma's path suggest the storm may skirt the western tip of Cuba on Friday, possibly as a Category 4 storm with winds of greater than 130 mph, before curving eastward and barreling toward the southwestern Florida coast.
		Cuba issued a hurricane watch for the provinces of Matanzas westward through Pinar del Rio and for the Isle of Youth, according to the hurricane center.
	www.cnn.com /2005/WEATHER/10/18/wilma (548 words)

	BREITBART.COM - Wilma Now Most Intense Atlantic Storm Ever
		A hurricane watch was in effect for the east coast of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, parts of Cuba and the Cayman Islands, and forecasters warned of a "significant threat" to Florida by the weekend.
		Wilma's top sustained winds reached 175 mph early Wednesday in the most rapid strengthening ever recorded in a hurricane, said meteorologist Hugh Cobb of the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
		The hurricane is the record-tying 12th of the season, the same number reached in 1969.
	www.breitbart.com /news/2005/10/19/D8DB43VG3.html (988 words)

	Bloggers Blog -- Hurricane Wilma
		Wilma blogging has faded a bit on Technorati -- the keyword "Wilma" has fallen out of the top ten after climbing as high as 3rd -- but this is probably because 98% of South Florida has no power.
		Wilma cruising rapidly up the east coast would be very bad news because New England doesn't ever want to see a storm like the 1938 Long Island Express.
		Hurricane Wilma has rapidly intensified in the Caribbean and is now a Strong Cat 4 Hurricane.
	www.bloggersblog.com /hurricanewilma (4132 words)

	Where Is Wilma Headed? - CBS News
		But CBS News hurricane expert Bryan Norcross said that Wilma is throwing forecasters for a loop (video), as new computer models are giving diverging scenarios, including the possibility that the hurricane will miss Florida altogether.
		Wilma was on a curving course that would carry it through the narrow channel between Cuba and Mexico on Friday, possibly within a few miles of Cancun and Cozumel.
		Wilma's confirmed pressure readings early Wednesday dropped to 882 millibars, the lowest minimum pressure ever measured in a hurricane in the Americas, but it later lost power and rose to 900 millibars, according to the hurricane center.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/10/19/national/main953908.shtml (752 words)

	CNN.com - Deadly Hurricane Wilma eyeing Florida - Oct 19, 2005
		Despite increasing uncertainty in the storm's predicted path, the director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami said people who might be in Wilma's path should not let down their guard.
		A hurricane warning was in effect from San Felipe to Punta Allen on the Yucatan Peninsula, including Cozumel, the hurricane center said.
		Wilma was the third storm to reach Category 5 this year -- the others were Katrina and Rita -- and has tied records as the 12th hurricane and the 21st named storm in the Atlantic season.
	www.cnn.com /2005/WEATHER/10/19/wilma (1111 words)

	Wilma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Category 5 Hurricane Wilma very likely set the record for the lowest sea-level pressure ever measured in the Atlantic basin, at 884 millibars.
		For the next pass at 0611Z (02:11 a.m.), the Hurricane Hunter crew reported an eye just 2 miles wide, incredibly tiny, and flight-level winds of 168 knots (193 mph; winds at the surface are typically lower, due to friction).
		These are the strengths of the hurricanes at their peak, not landfall pressures.
	www.hurricanehunters.com /wilma.htm (696 words)

	CBC News: Wilma grows to most intense Atlantic storm ever
		Hurricane Wilma strengthened dramatically into a Category 5 storm early Wednesday, with forecasters saying the "potentially catastrophic" weather system was the most powerful ever recorded in the Atlantic basin.
		Within less than 18 hours, Wilma grew from a tropical storm showing winds of under 119 km/h to the strongest level of hurricane capable of being recorded on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, packing sustained winds of about 282 km/h.
		Wilma is the 12th hurricane in a season that has inflicted nearly 2,000 deaths on places such as Guatemala, Louisiana and Mississippi.
	www.cbc.ca /story/world/national/2005/10/19/wilma-update051019.html (579 words)

	TBO.com: Hurricane Wilma
		Hurricane Wilma pummeled Cozumel and the Yucatan peninsula and is expected to hit Floriday Monday.
		Wilma knifed through Florida with winds up to 125 mph, shattering windows, peeling away roofs and knocking out power to millions.
		Wilma is the 12th of the season and ties the pace of 1969.
	tbo.com /hurricane2005/wilma (155 words)

	Tropical Storm Alberto
		Hurricane Season 2006 begins June 1st in what is shaping up to be another busy Hurricane Season.
		Let us be your one stop weather and hurricane source, Get a local forecast forecast or a local radar by visting americasweather.com.Keep tabs on any Tropical developments and see when Tropical Storm Alberto may form by checking the Tropical Outlook.
		Leave your opinions and talk about Hurricane season 2005 and what it may bring or talk about past seasons in the Storm Shelter the message board for hurricaneadvisories.com.
	www.hurricaneadvisories.com (345 words)

	Hurricane Wilma Impact Studies
		Hurricane Wilma made landfall in the U.S. as a category 3 storm at approximately 6:30 AM EDT on October 24, 2005 at Cape Romano, FL, approximately 20 miles south of Naples, FL.
		The beaches north of Cape Romano were very lucky to have Wilma's powerful right-front quadrant pass to their south, sparing them from a major wave and surge event.
		Hurricane Wilma before and after photo pairs are available online for Collier County.
	coastal.er.usgs.gov /hurricanes/wilma (329 words)

	StormTrack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Wilma has a very small eye that is fluctuating between 2 nm and 4 nm across.
		Wilma is currently the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic.
		Wilma clearly has her sights set on passing through the Yucatan Channel and heading directly at Southern Florida.
	thestormtrack.com /archives/2005/10/wow_wilma_redef.html (1398 words)

	USATODAY.com - Storm forces Mexico's resorts to pack up (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Thursday, she stood in the lobby of the Marriott hotel, preparing to evacuate to a shelter inland with her groom-to-be and all their wedding guests in advance of Hurricane Wilma.
		If Wilma hits, as expected, it will be the second hurricane to make landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula this year.
		Hurricane Emily ravaged the region in July, causing severe damage and at least one death.
	www.usatoday.com /weather/stormcenter/2005-10-18-wilmaweekend_x.htm (567 words)

	Tropical Storm - Hurricane - Wilma
		Wilma is moving to the northeast at 38 MPH and is expected to increase its speed for the next 24 hours.
		Although the core of Wilma passed to the north of the island chain, officials are initially reporting significant impacts to the infrastructure.
		Wilma is expected to produce additional 2 to 4 inch rainfall amounts over portions of central and southern Florida with maximum storm total amounts of 12 inches possible.
	www.disastercenter.com /Tropical%20Storm%20-%20Hurricane%20-%20Wilma.html (4498 words)

	EO Natural Hazards: Hurricane Wilma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		When Wilma became a hurricane on October 18, it tied the record dating back to 1969 for the most hurricanes in a season.
		However, when Wilma shot from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane on the morning of October 19, it broke the all-time record for the lowest pressure ever measured in the Atlantic Basin.
		A hurricane’s central pressure is an indicator of its intensity—the lower the pressure, the more intense the storm.
	earthobservatory.nasa.gov /NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13220 (498 words)

	Hurricane Wilma coverage \| BonitaNews.com
		Wilma strengthened, eventually becoming the strongest hurricane on record in the Atlantic basin.
		Hurricane Wilma wreaked havoc across Collier and south Lee counties, leaving behind more than $1 billion in damage.
		With Hurricane Wilma bearing down on Naples and Bonita Springs, members of the Naples Daily News and Bonita Daily News staffs blogged about the storm and its effects on the community, themselves, their friends and families, and their co-workers.
	www.bonitanews.com /hurricane/wilma (767 words)

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		Hurricane Wilma crashed ashore in southwest Florida and roared across the peninsula, pounding Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach on Monday after slamming Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and killing 17 people in the Caribbean.
		Hurricane Wilma crashed into Florida on Monday, swamping the popular tourist island Key West and hammering the densely populated Miami-Fort Lauderdale area after killing 17 people in a rampage through the Caribbean.
		NOAA satellite image of Hurricane Wilma taken on October 24, 2005, as the large and powerful storm crosses the Florida Peninsula after making landfall as a major Category Three hurricane.
	www.alertnet.org /thenews/photoalbum/1130252512.htm (765 words)

	NASA - Hurricane Wilma
		ISS012-E-5235 (19 Oct. 2005) --- This image of Hurricane Wilma was taken at 8:22 a.m.
		At the time, Wilma was the strongest Atlantic hurricane in history, with winds near 175 miles per hour.
		ISS012-E-5241 (19 Oct. 2005) --- This image of Hurricane Wilma was taken at 8:22 a.m.
	www.nasa.gov /mission_pages/station/multimedia/hurricane_wilma.html (363 words)

	Tax Relief Granted for Hurricane Wilma Victims
		Taxpayers affected by the hurricane are eligible for relief.
		Affected taxpayers will need to identify themselves to the IRS as hurricane victims by writing “Hurricane Wilma” in red ink at the top of their tax forms or any other documents filed with the IRS.
		As with Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, the IRS gives taxpayers engaging in like-kind exchanges of property the relief described in section 17 of Rev. Proc.
	www.irs.gov /newsroom/article/0,,id=150041,00.html (658 words)

	StormTrack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for eastern Honduras and a Hurricane Watch and Tropical Storm Warning remain in effect for the Cayman Islands.
		Wilma is currently moving towards the northwest near 7 mph.
		Wilma is now moving into an area of very high oceanic heat content.
	thestormtrack.com /archives/2005/10/tropical_depres_4.html (9181 words)

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