Omar Grows into Fierce Category 3 Hurricane in Caribbean
FROM THE DOPPLER 10 FORECAST CENTER… A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 7 PM FRIDAY… McLENNAN, WILLIAMSON, AND SAN SABA…AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES TODAY AND FRIDAY WILL RISE TO BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES...WHILE OVERNIGHT LOWS TONIGHT WILL STRUGGLE TO FALL BELOW 80 DEGREES…PERSONS INVOLVED IN VIGOROUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ARE URGED TO TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER…
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(October, 16 2008) – Hurricane Omar is gaining strength quickly and is now a major Category 3 storm with top winds of 125 miles-per-hour.

Forecasters say it will likely blow between the Virgin Islands and territories including Anguilla. Jack Beven of the National Hurricane Center says it could "thread the needle" and miss making a direct hit on any Caribbean island. But he adds, "any kind of track deviation" and one those islands could be "clobbered.

Omar's center edged past St. Croix late Wednesday. Emergency officials says some residents were denied evacuation requests because responders were pinned down by the storm.

The storm is following an unusual southwest-to-the-northeast track toward the central North Atlantic, well away from the U.S. mainland.

Omar has forced at least three cruise ships to divert course.
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