Hurricane Wilma now Category 5 storm
Posted on: Wednesday, 19 October 2005, 03:16 CDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Air Force plane has measured maximum sustained winds of near 175 mph from Hurricane Wilma, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported early on Wednesday, making it an extremely dangerous Category 5 storm.
The reconnaissance aircrafted measured an estimated minimum air pressure of 892 MB, the lowest pressure observed in 2005 and equivalent to the minimum pressure of the 1935 Labor Day hurricane in the Florida Keys, the center reported on its web site at www.nhc.noaa.hov.
Source: REUTERS
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