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Hurricane Earl Moving Toward Eastern US

   VOA News 31 August 2010
   Storm Earl

Photo: NASA

   Storm Earl

   Hurricane  Earl  is  churning  toward the eastern United States, after
   battering islands in the Caribbean.
   The  U.S.  National  Hurricane  Center says the powerful Category Four
   hurricane  has  moved  north  of  Puerto  Rico  and the British Virgin
   Islands.
   On  Tuesday  morning,  Earl  had  winds of up 215 kilometers per hour.
   Forecasters  say  it could threaten the mid-Atlantic region and points
   north with dangerous winds, storm surge flooding, and heavy downpours.
   Earl  is  projected to brush the eastern U.S. Thursday â anywhere from
   the   Carolinas  to  New  England.  The  region  includes  Washington,
   Philadelphia and New York.
   Earlier  this  week,  the  storm  dumped heavy rains on the islands of
   Antigua,  Barbuda, St. Martin and others in the Caribbean. Earl caused
   flooding  in  low-lying  areas  and  some  territories  reported power
   outages.  The  weather  also  caused  cruise  ships to be diverted and
   flights to be canceled.
   Elsewhere, U.S. forecasters say Tropical Storm Fiona is moving quickly
   westward  toward the Leeward Islands. Tuesday morning, Fiona had winds
   of  39  kilometers  per hour and was forecast to pass near the Leeward
   Islands early Wednesday.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.

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