PORTUGAL - Azores set for Hurricane Gordon

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Tuesday, 19 September

2006, 13:29 GMT 14:29 UK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Azores

set for Hurricane Gordon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Azores islands in the mid-Atlantic have been placed on high alert

for Hurricane Gordon, which is due to hit the Portuguese territory shortly.

People and livestock have been told to stay indoors as

forecasters warn the hurricane will bring heavy rain and winds of 170km/h

(105mph).

Waves as high as 12 metres (40ft) are also predicted and the

region's ports are expected to be the most exposed.

Some 240,000 people live in the nine Azores islands.

Farming and fishing are the mainstay of the economy of the

islands, which lie about 1,500 km (930 miles) off the western coast of Europe.

Hurricane Gordon is expected to hit the islands at around 1800

local time (1800 GMT), with the

archipelago's westernmost islands of Corvo and

Flores taking its full force.

Ricardo Barros, vice president of the Azores Civil Protection

Service, told the Associated Press news agency the islands' 1,200

emergency workers were prepared.

" We're ready, " he

said.

Air traffic to the islands is likely to be suspended until

Hurricane Gordon leaves the region on Wednesday, he added.

A spokeswoman for Portugal's

meteorological agency said the hurricane would weaken to a tropical storm

before leaving the islands.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5360138.stm

 

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