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GEORGE TOWN (Reuters) Residents of the Cayman Islands braced for Hurricane Paloma on Friday as it strengthened rapidly while bearing down on the wealthy British territory on a path that could also threaten Cuba.
"No one thought this storm would come in so quickly," said Levonne Johnston," a resident of George Town, the Cayman Islands capital, which was expected to take a lashing from the eighth hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic storm season.
CATEGORY 3 POTENTIAL
The hurricane center said the storm was likely to become a Category 2 hurricane later on Friday, before possibly growing into a fearsome Category 3. Hurricane Katrina was a Category 3 storm when it came ashore near New Orleans in 2005 and swamped the vulnerable, low-lying city.
"The center of Paloma will pass near the Cayman Islands late today or early Saturday and be approaching the coast of central Cuba late Saturday," the hurricane center said.
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081107/wl_nm/us_storm_paloma;_ylt=Ao80QUgt7hozS_UECSjX8Gqs0NUE
"No one thought this storm would come in so quickly," said Levonne Johnston," a resident of George Town, the Cayman Islands capital, which was expected to take a lashing from the eighth hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic storm season.
CATEGORY 3 POTENTIAL
The hurricane center said the storm was likely to become a Category 2 hurricane later on Friday, before possibly growing into a fearsome Category 3. Hurricane Katrina was a Category 3 storm when it came ashore near New Orleans in 2005 and swamped the vulnerable, low-lying city.
"The center of Paloma will pass near the Cayman Islands late today or early Saturday and be approaching the coast of central Cuba late Saturday," the hurricane center said.
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081107/wl_nm/us_storm_paloma;_ylt=Ao80QUgt7hozS_UECSjX8Gqs0NUE
