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Earl regains category four status as winds pick up
9/01/2010 04:31:18 PMAFP/HO – This satellite image, courtesy of the University of Wisconsin Space Science and Engineering Center – Hurricane Earl intensified in the Atlantic to become a category four hurricane again Wednesday as sustained winds rose to 135 miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center said.With Earl spinning closer to the US mainland, authorities announced a variety of warnings and watches from North Carolina to Massachusetts. At 2100 GMT, Earl was centered some 630 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, which is on string of barrier islands where evacuations have been ordered. The storm was moving northwest at 17 miles per hour. Authorities were expecting Earl to produce heavy winds and surf conditions over much of the eastern seaboard. Behind Earl was Tropical Storm Fiona, which was in the Atlantic with no immediate peril to land areas. Officials said a new storm, named Tropical Storm Gaston, had also developed in the Atlantic some 1,600 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on FacebookSearch Google for this story. |
