I'll be on the Miskito Coast from mid-October to late-November. Hopefully the kids at Mama Tara's will be ok. SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras - Planes shuttled hundreds of tourists from the island resorts of Honduras and Belize in a desperate airlift Monday as Hurricane Felix's pounding rain and punishing winds bore down on the Central American coast. The powerful, Category 4 storm spurred Grupo Taca Airlines to provide special free flights to the mainland. Planes were quickly touching down and taking off again to scoop up more tourists. Some 1,000 people were evacuated from the Honduran island of Roatan, popular for its pristine reefs and diving resorts. Another 1,000 were removed from low-lying coastal areas and smaller islands. Felix's top winds weakened slightly to 145 mph as it headed west, but the U.S. National Hurricane Center
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