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Rising Tropical Storm Heading Toward JamaicaBecomes Full-Fledged Hurricane Again With100-MPH WindsMIAMI Oft—'The British island of Jamaica was advised to prepare for a hurricane today as the tropical storm in the Caribbean Sea gained a lQO-mile-an-hour kick.Grady Norton, chief storm fore* caster m the Miami Weather Bureau, reported the increasingly violent storm was moving along a path which should take it over or just south of Jamaica tonight.The forward pace of the whirling winds was 18 miles an hour to the west-northwest. This is a fast clip for a tropical hurricane, and Norton predicted it would slow down as it gained violence.Jamaica is a rich, mountainous island with great sugar cane fields, banana plantations and rum distilleries. The capital, Kingston, on the south coast, is a city of 120,000. The island is the largest of the•j British West Indies. It is separated from Cuba by 90 miles of indigo blue Caribbean waters .Norton, whose office here cooperates with the Jamaican govern-; ment in storm forecasting, mes-! saged Kingston today that hurri-, cane precautions are in order.”| The storm, second of the yearI to reach hurricne force, was still| m the development stage, said Nor-1 ton.
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Panama City News Herald
Panama City, Florida, US
Fri, Aug 17, 1951
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