Hurricane Emily fails to prevent students' long-awaited and earned trip to Mexico (Fort Madison Daily Democrat) (Hurricane Emily)

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.

Living through Hurricane Emily a scary experience (Northwestern)
Editor's Note: Mary Sue Jurgella is a 2005 graduate of Stevens Point Area Senior High. She is working a summer job in Mexico and was in the area hit by Hurricane Emily last week. Kelly MacDonald, her SPASH classmate, is working with her.

Local residents see Hurricane Emily (Borger News-Herald)
Even though most people can only imagine what it would be like to experience a hurricane, local residents Todd and Peggy Harris got to see it firsthand when Hurricane Emily made its way toward Cancun, Mexico last weekend.

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.

Anderson eyes Commonwealth title (Scotsman)
HAVING been forced to endure the wrath of Hurricane Emily while holidaying in the Caribbean last month, Kevin Anderson is accustomed to confronting the eye of the storm and that is probably just as well.

Oil: Price falls as Hurricane Emily eases (The New Zealand Herald)
Oil prices dropped on Monday as Hurricane Emily, which had shut in most of Mexico's crude oil production, lost strength. US light, sweet crude oil futures CLc1 settled 77 cents lower at US$57.32 a barrel, while London Brent crude settled 62 cents weaker at US$56.99.

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.

Volunteers help victims of Hurricane Emily (KRIS-TV Corpus Christi)
Now that Hurricane Emily has come and gone, a volunteer group is heading to Mexico to help the victims of the storm.

ARROYO CITY Winter Texans Take Action For Hurricane Victims (KGBT 4 Rio Grande Valley)
A Green Valley family, who lost everything when Hurricane Emily passed through the Rio Grande Valley last week, breathed a sigh of relief Monday after learning they now have a new home to live in thanks to some Winter Texans.

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.