Hurricane Karina Reaches Category 4 With 145 Mph Winds as Lowell Nears Hurricane Strength
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Updated · The Associated Press · Aug 31
Hurricane Karina Reaches Category 4 With 145 Mph Winds as Lowell Nears Hurricane Strength
3 articles · Updated · The Associated Press · Aug 31
Summary
Karina rapidly intensified into a Category 4 hurricane Monday, packing 145 mph winds about 1,020 miles west-southwest of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula.
Warm offshore Pacific waters fueled the strengthening after Karina became a hurricane Sunday, and forecasters said additional strengthening was possible before intensity fluctuates.
No coastal watches or warnings were in effect because the storm was moving west far from land, though waves were expected to affect Mexico and likely Southern California.
Lowell, elsewhere in the Pacific, was a 60 mph tropical storm about 855 miles east-southeast of Hilo and could become a hurricane by Monday night or Tuesday.
That system also posed no immediate land threat, but forecasters said it could be near the Hawaiian Islands later this week.