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could threaten Bermuda, Azores

POSTED: 12:24 a.m. EDT, September 19, 2006

MIAMI, Florida (AP)

-- Hurricane Helene continued to gain strength as a major Category 3 storm

Monday, posing a potential threat to Bermuda later in the week, while a

hurricane warning was issued for the Azores as Hurricane Gordon intensified to

Category 2.

It was too soon to tell whether Helene would hit Bermuda, but the storm,

with top sustained winds near 115 mph (185 km/h), was expected to be near the

British territory Thursday night or Friday, said Hugh Cobb, a forecaster with

the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Cobb said the storm had turned west but should still be considered a

possible danger.

" It's a potential threat, " he said. " The

question is how far west it will go before it turns north again. " (Projected

path)

Helene strengthened late Sunday into the second major hurricane of the

Atlantic season and intensified even more early Monday. Major hurricanes are

those Category 3 and higher, with sustained winds of at least 111 mph (178

km/h).

At 11 p.m. EDT, it was centered about 990 miles (1,590 km)

east-southeast of Bermuda. It was moving west-northwest near 8 mph (13 km/h)

and was expected to continue on the same path into Tuesday, forecasters said.

Conditions appear favorable for the storm to strengthen within the next

day.

Meanwhile, Gordon was in the open Atlantic, centered about 785 miles

(1,265 km) west of Terceira in the Azores and moving toward the east near 28

mph (44 km/h). This motion was expected to continue throughout the next day,

with some increase in forward speed.

It was expected to be near the Azores -- a sparsely

populated group of Portuguese islands off Africa -- on Tuesday afternoon or evening, forecasters

said.

Gordon had maximum sustained winds near 100 mph (160 km/h) and was

expected to slowly weaken Tuesday. Even if it does become an extratropical

storm that gets energy from colliding weather fronts, it could still have

tropical storm-force winds.

The National Hurricane Center's latest forecast for the

Atlantic season expects seven to nine hurricanes, a slight reduction from

earlier predictions.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/09/19/helene.gordon.ap/index.html

 

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