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Hurricane Gustav strengthens to 'dangerous' category three |
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Saturday, 30 August 2008 |
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MIAMI, Aug 30 (AFP) Aug 30, 2008 Hurricane Gustav strengthened into a "dangerous" category three
hurricane Saturday as it approached the west of Cuba, the US National
Hurricane Center said.
"Data from an Air Force reconnaissance aircraft indicate that Gustav
continues to rapidly strengthen and now has maximum winds 115 miles per
hour (185 kilometres) per hour with higher gusts," it said. That makes Gustav "a dangerous category three hurricane" on the
five-category Saffir-Simpson scale -- equal in strength to Hurricane
Katrina when it made landfall in the southern United States three years
ago.
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