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Hurricane Earl could clip US east coast

31 August 2010

Hurricane Earl is moving up the eastern US seaboard. If its course follows the western most forecasts, Earl could make contact with the US coast this weekend, according to catastrophe modelling firm AIR Worldwide.

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Hurricane Earl, now a major Category 4 storm with maximum sustained wind speeds of 135 mph, is moving up the eastern US seaboard. If its course follows the western most forecasts, Earl could make contact with the US coast this weekend, according to catastrophe modelling firm AIR Worldwide.

“In a span of less than 10 hours on Monday, Earl strengthened from a Category 2 to a Category 4 hurricane with a well defined central core as it skirted north of the islands of Barbuda, St. Martin and Anguilla, slipping just slightly northwest of the island...


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