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Hurricane Wilma creating major problems for airlines

An AP newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:

Along with causing billions of dollars in insured damage, swiping electricity from millions of Floridians and killing at least six people, Hurricane Wilma also created major problems for air travelers on both domestic and international routes.

Miami International Airport is the busiest U.S. hub for Latin American travel and the busiest state hub for foreign travel. Yet it was empty on Monday and will remain that way Tuesday, when county workers will begin what officials called an “enormous” task to resume normal operations.

At least 2,000 flights — affecting hundreds of thousands of fliers — have been canceled into and out of South Florida’s three major airports because of Wilma, and normal service may not resume until the middle of the week.

posted by Fergie @ 10/25/2005 07:28:00 AM