Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Hurricane Ike (by Cristina del Olmo)


Hurricane Ike was the fifth hurricane and the ninetieth tropical storm of the hurricanes season in the Atlantic of the 2008. It started as a tropical disturbance off the coast of Africa near the end of August, and then tracked south of Cape Verde. On September 1st 2008, it became a tropical storm in the west of the Cape Verde islands.
In the morning 4th September, hurricane Ike was a four level hurricane, with winds until 230 kilometers per hour and with a pressure with 935 mbar. It caused 87 deaths.

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