Hurricane Felix slammed into Nicaragua’s Miskito Coast as a record-breaking Category 5 monster storm today in an area home to thousands of stranded Miskito Indians.

Planes shuttled tourists from Caribbean island resorts in a desperate airlift today as Hurricane Felix bore down on Honduras and Belize.

At least 15 American tourists have died after surging waves powered by Hurricane Iris capsized a moored boat in Belize.