Hurricane Felix [Photos]

Destroyed home

BBC News: Felix came ashore Tuesday as a category five hurricane – the highest level – destroying thousands of flimsy homes.

A youth covered with plastic wait to be evacuated
MSNBC: A youth covered with plastic waits to be evacuated from an area flooded by Hurricane Felix in the outskirts of San Pedro Sula, in northern Honduras, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2007.

People await news of missing fisherman
CNN: Hurricane Felix death toll nears 100, official says

Destroyed trees in Sandy Bay
Miami Herald: Destroyed homes and trees lay scattered in Sandy Bay, Nicaragua after the eye of Hurricane Felix passed over the area.

Belize firefighters preparing for Hurricane Felix
Miami Herald: Belize firefighters board up windows at the central station in Belize City in preparation for Hurricane Felix.

A boy jumps from a bridge into the Ulua river in El Progreso, Honduras.

Yahoo: A boy jumps from a bridge into the Ulua river in El Progreso, northern Honduras, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007. The Ulua river rose due to the passing of hurricane Felix last Tuesday.

A indigenous Miskito child helps remove debris from the a church damaged Hurricane Felix

Yahoo: A indigenous Miskito child helps remove debris from the a church damaged Hurricane Felix, in Puerto Cabezas town on the Caribean Coast, September 4, 2007.

House damaged by Hurricane Felix

Yahoo: An indigenous Miskito man looks at his house which was damaged by Hurricane Felix, in Puerto Cabezas on Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast September 5, 2007.

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