Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Hurricane Omar gathers force in northeastern Caribbean


1 hour, 20 minutes ago MIAMI (AFP) - Hurricane Omar was churning toward the Virgin islands Wednesday gaining strength as authorities issued warnings across much of the northeastern Caribbean. With its center 380 km (235 miles) southwest of St. Croix and about 375 km (235 miles) south-southwest of San Juan, Puerto Rico, the US National Hurricane Center warned at 1500 GMT: "additional strengthening is forecast during the next 24 hours and Omar should be a Category 2 hurricane by the..more



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