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Welcome to the Willis University. This is a site dedicated mostly to the world's natural disasters. Also some random inserts of global news from credible sources and also a mixture of opinion. Some of the opinions are not suitable for all. Please remember this is my opinion only. Thanks to all for the guidance I've been given.

May 13, 2008

Tropical storm Ophelia

Tropical storm Ophelia is forecast to strike the United States as a hurricane at about 12:00 GMT on 14 May. Data supplied by the US National Hurricane Center suggest that the point of landfall will be near 33.7 N, 77.8 W. Ophelia is expected to bring 1-minute maximum sustained winds to the region of around 120 km/h (74 mph). Wind gusts in the area may be considerably higher.

http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/reliefresources/TSR/200816N_AL16.htm