Hurricane Karina strengthens rapidly off Baja coast
Hurricane Karina strengthened rapidly in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday as warm waters helped the storm gain power near Baja California. The National Hurricane Center in Miami reported that Karina first reached Category 1 strength with winds of 80 mph. Within hours, the storm intensified into a Category 3 hurricane with winds reaching 125 mph. […]
Hurricane Karina rapidly strengthened in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday. According to the National Hurricane Center, Karina first reached Category 1 strength with winds of 80 mph and then intensified into a Category 3 hurricane with winds reaching 125 mph. The storm's center was located about 820 miles southwest of the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula and was moving northwest at 15 miles per hour.
The National Hurricane Center reported that Karina was not threatening land but swells from the storm were likely to cause dangerous surf and rip current conditions along parts of southwest Mexico and the Baja California Peninsula. The storm was expected to stay well away from land and move farther out into the Pacific.
Karina was one of two storms in the Pacific, with Tropical Storm Lowell located 1,150 miles southeast of Hawaii, also posing no threat to land. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration had forecast a below-average Atlantic hurricane season due to El Nino.
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