A Mississippi Department of Transportation vehicle moves past the lighthouse along U.S. Highway 90 in Biloxi, Miss., Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2005. Amid the crushed casinos, uprooted trees and ruined hotels that mark Biloxi's touristy stretch of beach highway, the city's famous cast-iron lighthouse still stands mostly unscathed after Hurricane Katrina. 

Strong waves batter the resort city of Cancun, Mexico as Hurricane Wilma approaches Thursday Oct. 20, 2005. Wilma weakened slightly as it roared toward Mexico's Yucatan peninsula and south Florida, with forecasters calling it an 'extremely dangerous' storm that has already killed 12.