Cayman Islands imposed a curfew and evacuated tourists as the British territory today faced Hurricane Dean, a powerful storm leaving a trail of destruction across the Caribbean.

England's Prince Edward today toured a Cayman Islands neighbourhood rebuilt after a hurricane in 2004 and watched the release of three rare blue iguanas.

HURRICANE Wilma turned into the most intense Atlantic storm ever recorded yesterday, a Category 5 monster packing 175mph wind that forecasters warned was “extremely dangerous”.

Hurricane Wilma, the most intense storm to form in the Americas, lashed the coasts of Central America and Caribbean islands today as it lumbered toward Mexico’s Cancun resort and Florida.

Monroe County officials have ordered visitors out of Florida Keys ahead of Hurricane Wilma, the first US evacuations caused by the Category 5 storm.

Hurricane Emily regained dangerous Category 4 strength today, frightening storm-weary islanders in Jamaica and Cayman Islands after ravaging Grenada.

Fiercely contested elections today in the Cayman Islands pits against each other two candidates who want greater autonomy from Britain for the Caribbean offshore banking haven.

HURRICANE Ivan, one of the fiercest Atlantic storms recorded, grew even more powerful and headed toward Cuba yesterday after pummelling the Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Grenada, killing at least 65 on a route that could take it to the US coast.

A strengthened Hurricane Ivan headed towards Cuba’s tobacco growing north west corner, with winds reaching 195 mph tonight, after ravaging the Cayman Islands.

Hurricane Ivan pummelled the Cayman Islands with fierce winds that ripped off roofs and floodwaters that swamped homes, then strengthened to an extremely dangerous Category 5 storm as it headed for western Cuba today.

HURRICANE Ivan lashed the tiny Cayman Islands with ferocious winds and driving rain yesterday after devastating Jamaica and Grenada in a deadly trek through the Caribbean.

Hurricane Ivan battered the Cayman Islands with ferocious 150mph winds today, threatening a direct hit as it flooded homes and ripped up roofs and trees.

Hurricane Ivan lost its catastrophic capabilities as it skirted Grand Cayman today, but it still uprooted trees, burst the banks of canals and flooded some homes with winds near 155mph.

Hurricane Ivan has weakened slightly as it left behind a trail of destruction in Jamaica and bore down on the Cayman Islands with winds close to 155 mph, according to the US National Hurricane Centre.

TROPICAL storm Bonnie began to make landfall in Florida’s Panhandle yesterday, while residents in the Florida Keys and southwest Florida prepared to meet the stronger Hurricane Charley.

TONY DOBBIN’S shoulder was still sore yesterday following his horrific fall from the ill-fated Sunday Rain at Kelso on Monday.

A helicopter swooped down to rescue people from Jamaican rooftops while Tropical Storm Lili flooded dozens of homes and strengthened as it took aim at the Cayman Islands and Cuba today.