Hurricane Karl makes landfall on Mexico’s Gulf coast as category 3
September 18th, 2010 - 12:28 am ICT by BNO NewsMIAMI (BNO NEWS) — Karl made landfall on Friday as hurricane category 3 near the Mexican port city of Veracruz on Mexico’s Gulf coast, meteorologists said.
“Mexican radar observations and satellite images indicate that the center of hurricane Karl made landfall on the southwest coast of Mexico about 10 miles (15 km) north of Veracruz, Mexico near 11:30 a.m. CDT (16:30 UTC),” the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
The Miami-based center said maximum sustained winds at landfall were estimated to be 115 mph (185 km/hr).
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