Hurricane Paloma, heading toward Cuba, is packing sustained winds of 135 mph and has been upgraded to Category 4 status, meteorologists said Saturday.
Accuweater.com forecasters said Paloma was expected to make landfall late Saturday night or early Sunday morning along the south-central coast of Cuba. Rain and strong winds were already pounding the Cayman Islands Saturday as officials urged residents to stay off the streets and evacuated some low-lying coastal regions.
“Before Paloma gets to Cuba, there will be some upper level wind sheer that will take away some of its energy, but it is still likely to be Category 3,” said AccuWeather.com senior meteorologist Michael Sager. “The storm will run perpendicular to the island and it will remain over land for about 12 hours. It’s likely to have become more disorganized by the time the storm passes on to the Bahamas.”
At 4 a.m. Saturday, the storm’s center was 40 miles southwest of Little Cayman and about 75 miles east of Grand Cayman and was moving in a northeasterly direction, CNN reported.
UPI.com
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