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Ophelia regains hurricane status
« on: Sep 9th, 2005, 5:02pm » |
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Ophelia regains hurricane status
Forecasters: Storm could hit South Carolina early next week
Friday, September 9, 2005; Posted: 5:28 p.m. EDT (21:28 GMT)
(CNN) -- Ophelia regained hurricane strength Friday evening, and the latest long-range forecast from the National Hurricane Center shows the storm making landfall either late Monday or early Tuesday along the South Carolina coast.
However, due to the the often erratic nature of hurricane movement, residents along the Atlantic coast from northern Florida to North Carolina were advised to closely monitor the storm because of the possibility it could strike their areas.
At 5 p.m. the center of the Ophelia was 175 miles east-northeast of Daytona Beach, Florida, and 220 miles south-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina. The storm, with sustained winds of 75 mph, was moving northeast at about 7 mph, making it a minimal Category 1 hurricane.
Forecasters said Ophelia was not expected to strengthen over the next 24 hours. However, it was projected to turn west on Sunday, which would take the storm toward land instead of out to sea.
There are no tropical watches or warnings associated with the storm.
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