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Emily runs at US-Mexico border
"Papers? I don't need no stinking papers!"MONTERREY, Mexico, July 19 (Reuters) - Hurricane Emily churned through the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday and was expected to gain power before slamming into the U.S.-Mexico border area. Emily was a Category 1 hurricane with sustained winds of 90 mph (150 kph) in the morning but forecasters said it would recover some of its earlier power before hitting the border area on Wednesday morning. "Strengthening is expected during the next 24 hours and Emily could become a major Category 3 hurricane before landfall," the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Emily is expected to make landfall south of the border, and emergency workers in Tamaulipas state near the Texas border have already begun evacuating people from low-lying areas along the coast.
Posted by: Steve 2005-07-19 |
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