Thursday, July 21st, 2005 — Hurricane Emily blasted northeast Mexico with powerful winds and rains on Wednesday, demolishing homes, starting floods and forcing evacuations on both sides of the Mexican and U.S. borders. There were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries, but thousands of residents and tourists were ordered to evacuate homes and hotels along the Gulf of Mexico, and in southern Texas, about 4,000 people were evacuated into 14 hurricane shelters.