(September, 5 2008) – Residents from South Carolina to Virginia are preparing for the landfall of Tropical Strom Hanna. The storm, which was battering Florida with heavy rain Friday morning, has maximum sustained winds near 65mph.
The storm is picking up forward speed after dropping flooding rains across the Bahamas and Haiti over the last several days. In Haiti, officials say the storm is to blame for at least 137 deaths, many of them in a flooded port city.
Tropical storm watches and warnings and a hurricane watch are in effect from Georgia north to Sandy Hook, New Jersey
Hanna could pack a modest punch as it makes landfall, but of more concern is Hurricane Ike.
The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Ike has weakened to a Category 3 storm in the Atlantic.
Ike's maximum sustained winds have dropped to near 125 mph as of 5 a.m. EDT Friday. And the hurricane center says more weakening is expected during the next day or two.
But forecasters say Hurricane Ike, which had been a Category 4 storm, is still a dangerous hurricane.
The eye of the hurricane is located about 460 miles north of the Leeward Islands and moving west near 15 mph.
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