Jay Ehrhart
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/ 18 October 2005

Tropical Storm Wilma gathers strength

Authorities urged residents to be on alert as Tropical Storm Wilma’s outer edge neared the Cayman Islands on Monday, packing strong rain and wind as it cut a path that could threaten Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula or Cuba. The record-tying 21st named storm of the season was moving slowly through the north-western Caribbean.