Hurricane Alex
blasted into the record books on Thursday as the first Atlantic hurricane
to form during the month of January in more than three-quarters of a century,
U.S. weather forecasters said.
The storm, with wind gusts up to 85 miles an hour (137 kph),
was expected to bear down on the Azores islands off the coast of Portugal on
Friday, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. It did not pose a
threat to the United States.
Local authorities issued a hurricane warning for five
islands in the central Azores, which could see flash flooding, mudslides and
storm surge, said NHC spokesman Dennis Feltgen.
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