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Mexico and Cuba are being lashed by Hurricane Wilma, which has made landfall on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

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Thousands of locals and tourists on the peninsula are being given shelter from the powerful storm.

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The Category Four hurricane has turned Mexico's famous resort of Cancun into a virtual ghost town.

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Forecasters have warned the hurricane will linger over the Yucatan Peninsula until Sunday.

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In Cuba, officials have ordered more than 350,000 people to leave low-lying areas.

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Preparations are being made in Florida, where the storm is expected to hit late on Sunday or early on Monday.

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Wilma has already killed at least 13 people in Jamaica and Haiti and caused widespread flooding.

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Wilma has also lashed the Central American state of Honduras with heavy rains.