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KatrinaLosingPunchMIAMI (AP) — Storm Katrina lost its hurricane punch today after drenching the north coast of Cuba, but forecasters warned it could regain some force as it swirled toward the Bahamas,The storm roared across low, swampy Cuban coastal land, reportedly causing some flash flooding in the mountains, before its winds dropped from 75 to 50 mph. It was then downgraded from hurricane to tropical storm status.“It should be interesting because if it does reorganize over water, it could bring a band of very heavy weather to the Bahamas,” said Gil Clark, a forecaster at the National Hurricane Center.The center of Katrina was off the north central Cuban .''cpast just east of Camaguey “ this morning. It was moving northeast at 14 mph.--•.Storm warnings remained _‘rin effect for the central [„fiahamas.Forecasters urged people in the Bahamas to monitor . ,the storm’s developments -.Closely today.8:30 a.m. EST, the center of Katrina was 22.4 north, longitude 76.8 west or 1*115.-miles southwest of the (Oprttral Bahamas.- iThe late-season - storm, «.which grew to hurricane strength Thursday, dumped .J$tinches of rain on the Cay-man Islands.„,^Cuban Civil Defense offi-•cials Thursday declared a ?torm alert for five provinc-jesV, in South-Central Cuba, ;.said a Havana radio broad--cajst monitored in Miami, r.,The provinces affected are atMatanzas, Cienfuegos, Santa Clara, Saneti Spiritus and -uCjego de Avila.* The hurricane’s threat to United States is should o!pe,V. negligible, forecasters .iSjd. An upper trough in the ; jSp.utheast would enable J1 nearby South Florida to be (uptouched to the hurricane, Clark said. There have been six other .hurricanes this season — Dennis, Emily, Floyd, Gert, Harvey and Irene. The jskongest system of the year ’• been Harvey, which had :.w;ihds of U5 mph in Septem-“iljjjr, as it safely bypassed ^ Bermuda and dissipated in North Atlantic.!Tbe most serious damage ,'ihfs season was caused by Jrppical Storm Dennis, 'which sloshed into South Florida on Aug- 16, dumpinginches of rain and flooding ^ parts of Homestead and Mi-”feii before passing into the colder Atlantic.... The Atlantic hurricane ,Mfpa^on, which starts June l Upq ends Nov. 30, normally .tap nine named systems, ^forecasters said.
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Indiana Gazette
Indiana, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Nov 06, 1981
Page 18
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