CDEMA Situation Report #1 - Hurricane Earl
MESSAGE:
Initial Impacts in CDEMA Participating States as Hurricane Earl Continues to Strengthen as it Moves Across the Northern Leeward Islands
THE SITUATION:
A Hurricane Warning is still in effect for Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, Anguilla, Montserrat and the Virgin Islands. A Hurricane Warning in this instance means that hurricane conditions are expected within the warning area within the next 12 hours.
Hurricane Earl is a Category 2 on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale. Maximum winds are 110 mph (175 km/hr) with higher gusts. Additional strengthening is forecasted.