07.16.05

watching Emily

Posted in News at 8:33 pm by Paloma Cruz

In case you haven’t been paying attention, Hurricane Emily is headed to Texas.

Emily Becomes Year’s Strongest Storm, reported by Click2Houston.com.

The National Hurricane Center said the “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm is now packing winds at near 155 mph, up from 135 early Saturday morning. The storm is due to pass south of Jamaica before making a direct hit on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on Sunday.

The storm is then expected to head out over the Gulf of Mexico and toward Texas.

Tourists fleeing Yucatan ahead of hurricane, reported by the Houston Chronicle.

Emily, nearing Category 5 strength, is expected to hit Mexico Sunday

Long lines of people choked the Cancun airport as tourists rushed to leave this Caribbean resort ahead of Hurricane Emily, which packed 155 mph winds as it streaked toward Mexico.

Mexican officials issued a hurricane warning today for much of the eastern Yucatan peninsula, including the resort of Cancun, and authorities were recommending tourists abandon much of Mexico’s Caribbean coast as a precaution.

South Texas readies for Hurricane Emily, reported by the Houston Chronicle.

Some South Texas residents were making preparations to weather Hurricane Emily as officials mobilized in case the storm hits the region.

Emily was expected to hit the Mexican coast by Sunday, possibly somewhere near Cancun. From there it could cross over the Yucatan peninsula, travel across the Gulf toward Texas and hit land near the U.S. border with Mexico, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Forecasters in South Texas were advising residents to watch local weather reports in next few days.

Areas that should evacuate and routes were posted on the Texas Department of Transportation Web site. Emergency management officials also suggested that people who live in low-lying areas that can flood make arrangements to stay outside the area.

Emily nearly a Category 5; aims for islands, reported by the Houston Chronicle.

Hurricane passing south of Jamaica with 145 mph winds as it heads for Caymans

The Category 4 storm was on track to pass close to Grand Cayman Island later Saturday or early Sunday before smashing into the Yucatan Peninsula, where Mexican officials prepared to evacuate tourists, on its way to the Gulf of Mexico and possibly southern Texas next week.

UPDATED:
Hurricane Emily Aims for Mexico’s Yucatan, reported by Yahoo News. (Found via The Huffington Post.)

The Category 4 storm was on track to pass close to Grand Cayman Island later Saturday or early Sunday before smashing into the Yucatan Peninsula, where Mexican officials prepared to evacuate tourists, on its way to the Gulf of Mexico and possibly southern Texas next week.

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