Irene Heading For The States
Florida is watching closely as Tropical Storm Irene heads accross the Atlantic towards the eastern coast of the US, although predictions are at this time that she will miss Florida and head up the coast to Georgia.
Irene is strengthening as she travels and is expected to reach hurricane status by early next week when she could make landfall somewhere between Georgia and Virginia. Irene could also turn and reach Florida or turn the other way and completely miss the US altogether. Irene is the ninth named storm of the season, at a time when there would normally have been only two!
Posted on 12 August 2005
