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Paloma’s remains linger over Cuba
What is left of Hurricane Paloma — a weak area of low pressure — remains stationary along the north coast of Cuba about 50 miles northwest of Nuevitas. There’s virtually no chance it will regenerate into a tropical storm, but it won’t quite get off the map either.
Cuba is still digging out from a water surge up to 14 high, but the place hit by the highest winds was apparently the Cayman island of Cayman Brac. More than 90 percent of its buildings are reported destroyed, though there are no known fatalities there. One person was hospitalized with injuries.
Cuba and other Caribbean nations have caught some of the worst of this hurricane season, as reflected in the above map from ReliefWeb by way of weatherunderground.com.
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By Jon
November 12, 2008 8:53 PM | Link to this
“The Atlantic Ocean looks slightly more conducive to hurricane formation as sea surface temperatures have risen and, we believe, will continue to rise,” he said.
Conducive mean better condition for hurricane.