Wilma 'rockets' towards Florida

Residents evacuated, owners boarded up homes and businesses and emergency officials prepared rescue and relief plans as forecasters predicted Hurricane Wilma would pick up speed on a course toward Florida.

The southern half of Florida's peninsula was under a hurricane warning today in anticipation of Wilma, a Category 2 storm with 100mph winds. Although still far from the state, Wilma's outer bands managed to cause street flooding in a South Florida suburb.