Update: Hurricane Rita Now a Category 5 Storm
Update: According to The National Hurricane Center:
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WTNT63 KNHC 211955
TCUAT3
HURRICANE RITA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
255 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005
DATA FROM RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT RITA HAS REACHED
CATEGORY FIVE INTENSITY WITH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE
WINDS OF 165 MPH. THIS WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE 4 PM CDT ADVISORY.
An AP newswire update, via MSNBC:
Hospital and nursing home patients were evacuated and as many as 1 million others were ordered to clear out along the Gulf Coast on Wednesday as Hurricane Rita intensified with 150 mph winds that could batter Texas and possibly bring more misery to New Orleans by week’s end.
Rita's increasing wind speed, up from 140 mph earlier in the day, makes it a strong Category 4 storm.
posted by Fergie @ 9/21/2005 01:12:00 PM
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