Hurricane Emily dies; Franklin is born (The Buffalo News) (Hurricane Emily)

Hurricane Emily dies; Franklin is born (The Buffalo News)
MIAMI - There is no end to it: Even as Hurricane Emily died Thursday, Tropical Storm Franklin was born near the Bahamas. The sixth tropical storm of the young hurricane season formed in the Atlantic Ocean east of Eleuthera.

Hurricane Emily fails to prevent students' long-awaited and earned trip to Mexico (Fort Madison Daily Democrat)
A group of Fort Madison High School students started fund-raising for an educational trip to Mexico last November. They went to local businesses to request donations, held 50/50 raffles and sold enchiladas.

Jamaicans Brace for Hurricane Emily (ABC News)
Jamaicans Brace for Hurricane Emily As the Atlantic's Second Major Storm Comes Early

Downgraded hurricane Emily drenches Mexico, downs power lines (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Downgraded to a tropical storm, former Hurricane Emily was weakening quickly as it moved inland over northeastern Mexico Thursday with flood-threatening rains, after it walloped the coast with 200 kilometers (125 miles) per hour winds.

Hurricane Emily fizzles, triggers flooding in northern Mexico (Chicago Sun-Times)
MEXICO CITY-- Hurricane Emily fizzled to a tropical depression as it moved inland Thursday, but still threatening heavy rains and flooding in northern Mexico.

Hurricane Emily slaps Mexican coast, south Texas (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Hurricane Emily pounded the U.S.-Mexican border on Wednesday, driving thousands of Mexicans from their homes and knocking out power in south Texas before losing some of its punch.

Hurricane Emily spares Belize! (The San Pedro Sun)
F or days Hurricane Emily threatened the Belizean coastline. Although Emily did not make landfall on Belize, it made significant damage on places like Grenada, Jamaica, and the Yucatan Peninsula, especially in Cozumel and Cancun.

Hurricane Emily takes toll on sea turtles (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
When Hurricane Emily tore through the Yucutan Peninsula last weekend, it destroyed nearly all the eggs that have been laid so far this season by endangered sea turtles on the white sand beach of Xcacel.

Hurricane Emily drenches Mexico, downs power lines (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Deadly Hurricane Emily made its second landfall in Mexico, slamming onto the northeastern coast with winds of up to 200 kilometers (125 miles) per hour that downed power lines and sent debris flying.

Local fields survive Hurricane Emily (Brownsville Herald)
Fields and other sporting facilities in Brownsville appear to have survived Hurricane Emily unscathed. Despite winds of up to 50 mph and two inches of rain, local fields and parks were able to avoid major and potentially expensive damages.