Hurricane Wilma heads north as wind, rain batter Mexico
Image source: National Hurrricane Center / NOAA
An AP newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:
Hurricane Wilma drifted northward away from the Yucatan peninsula Sunday but furious winds and rain were still punishing Mexico’s Caribbean coastline, where the storm killed at least seven people.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami predicted the Category 2 hurricane would significantly pick up speed Sunday and sideswipe Cuba before slamming into Florida on Monday.
“It’s really going to take off like a rocket,” hurricane center director Max Mayfield said, adding the storm would likely start moving at 20 mph.
The storm also could drop an additional 10 to 15 inches of rain on the already saturated Yucatan before moving on, the hurricane center said.
At 8 a.m. EDT, the hurricane’s center was about 90 miles north-northeast of Cancun and 315 miles west-southwest of Key West, Fla. It was moving toward the northeast at 8 mph, with sustained winds of 100 mph.
posted by Fergie @ 10/23/2005 08:52:00 AM
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