hurricane rick projected path

hurricane rick projected path

Hurricane Rick projected path, Rick Hurricane now a category 5 hurricane. Hurricane Rick is gaining strength with every passing minute. The last report on the Hurricane Rick said that it has been categorized as a category five hurricane.
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The weather authorities have termed Hurricane Rick as very dangerous. During the category five hurricane sustained winds greater than 155 mph (135 kt or 249 km/hr). Catastrophic damage is expected. Complete roof failure on many residences and industrial buildings will occur. During category five hurricane some complete building failures with small buildings blown over or away are likely. All signs blown down. Complete destruction of mobile homes (built in any year). Severe and extensive window and door damage will occur. A report on category five hurricane says nearly all windows in high rise buildings will be dislodged and become airborne. Severe injury or death is likely for persons struck by wind-blown debris. Nearly all trees will be snapped or uprooted and power poles downed. Fallen trees and power poles will isolate residential areas. Power outages will last for weeks to possibly months. Hurricane Camille (pdf) (1969, 190 mph at landfall in Mississippi) and Hurricane Andrew (1992, 165 mph at landfall in Southeast Florida) are examples of Category Five hurricanes at landfall.An AP report says, “The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said late Saturday that Rick was an 'extremely dangerous' Category 5 hurricane with sustained winds of 180 mph (285 kph). The center said Rick was likely to lose some of that punch as it nears the Baja California peninsula in coming days”.It further says, “The hurricane was projected to stay well off the Mexican coast for several days before bending east over cooler waters and approach the Baja California Peninsula as a Category 1 or Category 2 hurricane sometime Wednesday, forecasters said”.The National Hurricane Center website states: “extremely dangerous hurricane Rick continuing to strengthen.” It grew from a category 1 to a category 5 storm in only 42 hours.