kajivar (kajivar) wrote in disasterporn, @ 2007-08-20 23:30:00 |
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Hurricane Dean reaches category 5
CNN: Texas-sized Hurricane Dean spins toward Yucatan
Hurricane Dean burgeoned into a Category 5 storm -- capable of inflicting catastrophic damage when it makes landfall early Tuesday.
The storm -- with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph -- was not expected to weaken before its landfall on the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, the National Hurricane Center said.
A Category 5 storm is the most extreme level on the Saffir-Simpson scale, the standard measurement for hurricanes. Such hurricanes can have a storm surge of more than 18 feet and are powerful enough to take off roofs, uproot trees and wipe out buildings.
You should be able to see the storm track and projected path here.