Journal SonicSpike's Journal: Wilma Most Intense on Record!
According to the Weather Channel, at 882mb
Hurricane
Wilma is now the most intense hurricane on record in the Atlanic
Basin. From TFA
"Wilma, after undergoing a stunning intensification overnight, is now a potentially
catastrophic Category 5
hurricane packing sustained winds of 175 mph". According to CNN's
interview with Max
Mayfield, director of the NHC "Hurricane
Wilma, now a Category 5
storm in the western Caribbean,
has the potential to cause loss of life in Florida
comparable to that of Katrina"
he told CNN in an interview this morning. If Wilma
is a Category 4 storm at
landfall, storm surge could be 15 to 20 feet, even 25 feet up into the bays and
the rivers," Mayfield
said. Evacuations
of Monroe County, and the Florida
Keys, is already underway.
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