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Články z Yahoo!Earl regains category four status as winds pick up (AFP)

1. 9 2010 (23:11)

This satellite image, courtesy of the University of Wisconsin Space Science and Engineering Center (UW SSEC), shows Hurricane Earl (Lower-R). Thousands of people evacuated North Carolina's barrier islands on Wednesday as a strengthened Hurricane Earl threatened to pound large areas of the US east coast with heavy winds and rough seas.(AFP/HO)AFP - Hurricane Earl intensified in the Atlantic to become a category four hurricane again Wednesday as sustained winds rose to 135 miles (215 kilometers) per hour, the National Hurricane Center said.