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Hurricane Danielle becomes Category 3 storm
8/27/2010 12:10:16 AMVideo Link AP – Hurricane Danielle gaining strength in Atlantic Video Link Video:Hurricane Danielle now a Category 2 storm AP Video Link Video:Danielle Expected To Curve North WESH Orlando Video Link Weather Forecast Video:National Forecast weather.com Reuters – Hurricane Danielle heading westward in the open Atlantic Ocean in a satellite image taken August 24, … 1 hr 8 mins agoMIAMI – Forecasts say Hurricane Danielle has reached major hurricane status. National Hurricane Center forecasters said early Friday that Danielle had strengthened to a Category 3 storm. It has maximum sustained winds of 120 mph . Forecasters say swells churned up by Danielle could reach parts of the U.S. East Coast by the weekend and that dangerous surf conditions are expected in Bermuda, though the eye will likely move well east of the island. Farther east, Tropical Storm Earl is racing west over the Atlantic with winds near 45 mph . Forecasters expect Earl to become a hurricane by early Saturday. Another system is following Earl's tract and could become a depression soon. In the Pacific off Mexico's coast, Hurricane Frank has winds of 85 mph . Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on FacebookSearch Google for this story. |