There aren't too many hurricanes that make landfall with this intensity in the Pacific,
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I would expect there to be considerable damage, heavy flooding and unfortunately there's a possibility of significant loss of life.Ed Rappaport
It's not going to have time weaken over land. The roughest weather in South Florida will be over the next four to five hours.
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There is still some concern there could be a little bit of additional strengthening, and then as it approaches the coast pretty much maintain a steady level at the Category 2 or 3 threshold.
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That's where we've lost the most people over the years in this country, from the storm surge,
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If it stayed at this intensity, it would be one of the two or three strongest to ever hit this country, ... And on top of that of course we have a special concern for the area -- New Orleans is below sea level.
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It would be the strongest we've had in recorded history there, ... We're hoping of course there'll be a slight tapering off at least of the winds, but we can't plan on that. ... We're in for some trouble here no matter what.
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