Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Hurricane Helene nears peak power over Atlantic
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MIAMI (Reuters) - Hurricane Helene neared what was expected to be its peak intensity on Monday with winds of 125 miles per hour (205 km per hour) as it churned over the open Atlantic on a path toward Bermuda, U.S. forecasters said.
The fourth hurricane of the 2006 Atlantic storm season could strengthen a little more, but most computer models predicted either little change in its winds or some weakening, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
A powerful Category 3 storm on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricane intensity, Helene was located 1,090 miles
east-southeast of Bermuda, a British mid-Atlantic territory, the center said. There was a chance it could strengthen into the season's first Category 4 storm with winds of at least 131 mph (210...
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MIAMI (Reuters) - Hurricane Helene neared what was expected to be its peak intensity on Monday with winds of 125 miles per hour (205 km per hour) as it churned over the open Atlantic on a path toward Bermuda, U.S. forecasters said.
The fourth hurricane of the 2006 Atlantic storm season could strengthen a little more, but most computer models predicted either little change in its winds or some weakening, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
A powerful Category 3 storm on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricane intensity, Helene was located 1,090 miles
east-southeast of Bermuda, a British mid-Atlantic territory, the center said. There was a chance it could strengthen into the season's first Category 4 storm with winds of at least 131 mph (210...
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