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According to the National Hurricane Center Felix is now a devastating category 5 hurricane. It's present path would have it making landfall in Belize on Wednesday after passing close to the coast of Honduras on Tuesday.Lower down the page is the latest bulletin from the National Hurricane Center.
Hurricane Felix intensified at an alarming rate Sunday while passing north of Aruba and was expected to become an extremely dangerous Category 5 storm as it brushed Central America and neared Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, U.S. forecasters said.
Source: canada.com
ORANJESTAD, Aruba — Hurricane Felix toppled trees and forced tourists to seek shelter in hotels on a cluster of Dutch Caribbean islands Sunday before heading to the open waters of the Caribbean Sea as a Category 4 storm capable of major damage.It was forecast to strengthen more over the next 24 hours.
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Felix was on track to pass near Honduran resort islands Tuesday and plow into Belize on Wednesday.
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Oil producers in the Gulf of Mexico are monitoring Felix, on it's present path it could be heading for Mexican oil fields.
HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas producers were monitoring powerful Hurricane Felix as it churned through the Caribbean Sea on Sunday, but none had reported reduced offshore production or evacuated workers to onshore locations.Felix was forecast to follow the path taken last month by Hurricane Dean across the southern Caribbean into the Yucatan peninsula and then through Mexican offshore production areas in the Bay of Campeche.
Source: ca.today.reuters.com
Oil and natural gas company representatives available on Sunday said decisions to begin taking workers who are not essential to production from offshore platforms would likely not be made before Tuesday.Evacuations would only begin if the storm turned to the north targeting production areas off the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Source: ca.today.reuters.com
ORANJESTAD, Aruba - Downpours and gusty wind from Hurricane Felix battered a cluster of Dutch Caribbean islands on Sunday, but the strengthening storm left little in its wake beyond downed trees, scattered outages and a sense of relief as it headed toward Central America.The Category 3 storm drenched Aruba,Curacao and Bonaire, and tens of thousands of families and tourists holed up inside in homes and hotels stocked with water, flashlights and other provisions.
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Below is the latest bulletin from the National Hurricane Center.
...FELIX NOW A CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE... REPORTS FROM A NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT FELIX CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JAMAICA AND FOR GRAND CAYMAN. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 800 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FELIX WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 72.9 WEST OR ABOUT 390 MILES... 625 KM...SOUTHEAST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA. FELIX IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH...30 KM/HR... AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 165 MPH...270 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FELIX IS A CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE TO BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM RECONNAISSANCE DATA IS 934 MB...27.58 INCHES. FELIX IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE GUAJIRA PENINSULA OF NORTHERN COLOMBIA. REPEATING THE 800 PM EDT POSITION...13.8 N...72.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...165 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...934 MB.
Source: nhc.noaa.gov
Hurricane Felix intensified at an alarming rate Sunday while passing north of Aruba and was expected to become an extremely dangerous Category 5 storm as it brushed Central America and neared Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, U.S. forecasters said.
Source: canada.com
ORANJESTAD, Aruba — Hurricane Felix toppled trees and forced tourists to seek shelter in hotels on a cluster of Dutch Caribbean islands Sunday before heading to the open waters of the Caribbean Sea as a Category 4 storm capable of major damage.It was forecast to strengthen more over the next 24 hours.
Source: foxnews.com
Felix was on track to pass near Honduran resort islands Tuesday and plow into Belize on Wednesday.
Source: foxnews.com
Oil producers in the Gulf of Mexico are monitoring Felix, on it's present path it could be heading for Mexican oil fields.
HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas producers were monitoring powerful Hurricane Felix as it churned through the Caribbean Sea on Sunday, but none had reported reduced offshore production or evacuated workers to onshore locations.Felix was forecast to follow the path taken last month by Hurricane Dean across the southern Caribbean into the Yucatan peninsula and then through Mexican offshore production areas in the Bay of Campeche.
Source: ca.today.reuters.com
Oil and natural gas company representatives available on Sunday said decisions to begin taking workers who are not essential to production from offshore platforms would likely not be made before Tuesday.Evacuations would only begin if the storm turned to the north targeting production areas off the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Source: ca.today.reuters.com
ORANJESTAD, Aruba - Downpours and gusty wind from Hurricane Felix battered a cluster of Dutch Caribbean islands on Sunday, but the strengthening storm left little in its wake beyond downed trees, scattered outages and a sense of relief as it headed toward Central America.The Category 3 storm drenched Aruba,Curacao and Bonaire, and tens of thousands of families and tourists holed up inside in homes and hotels stocked with water, flashlights and other provisions.
Source: news.yahoo.com
Below is the latest bulletin from the National Hurricane Center.
...FELIX NOW A CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE... REPORTS FROM A NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT FELIX CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JAMAICA AND FOR GRAND CAYMAN. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 800 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FELIX WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 72.9 WEST OR ABOUT 390 MILES... 625 KM...SOUTHEAST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA. FELIX IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH...30 KM/HR... AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 165 MPH...270 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FELIX IS A CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE TO BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM RECONNAISSANCE DATA IS 934 MB...27.58 INCHES. FELIX IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE GUAJIRA PENINSULA OF NORTHERN COLOMBIA. REPEATING THE 800 PM EDT POSITION...13.8 N...72.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...165 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...934 MB.
Source: nhc.noaa.gov
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