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Wilma accelerates toward Florida
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| Contributor | Classical Liberal |
| Last Edited | Classical Liberal Oct 23, 2005 10:56am |
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| Media | TV News - CNN |
| News Date | Sunday, October 23, 2005 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Hurricane warnings issued in Sunshine State
CANCUN, Mexico (CNN) -- Hurricane Wilma moved away from Yucatan on Sunday and gained speed as it drove toward southern Florida, where hurricane warnings were in effect.
The Category 2 storm is expected to reach Florida on Monday as a strong Category 2 or possibly a Category 3 hurricane, said Ed Rappaport of the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Storm-weary Florida residents were preparing for what would be the seventh hurricane to hit the state in 14 months.
Rappaport cautioned that the storm's right side, always the stronger side of a hurricane, will damage a larger area than Hurricane Charley, which hit southwest Florida in August 2004.
"This is going to be a much more significant event, more widespread for Florida even than Charley was," he said, also warning of a storm surge stronger than Charley's.
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