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Noel Losing Strength In The Atlantic

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 3, 2007

NASSAU, Bahamas - Hurricane Noel, the deadliest storm to hit the Atlantic this year, paralleled the southeastern U.S. coast Friday, losing strength as it headed north toward Nova Scotia.
Noel slammed the Caribbean this week with heavy rains that caused flooding and mudslides, leaving 118 dead, officials said.

At the National Hurricane Center in Miami, meteorologist Jack Beven said Friday that "we don't expect the center to cross the U.S. coast. The track would take the center of the system over Nova Scotia."

But Beven noted that the storm "is going to increase rather significantly in size" and its effects may be felt in the United States. Two to 4 inches of rain could fall in North Carolina's Outer Banks, and isolated areas of New England might see 6 inches.

The storm brought a record 15 inches of rain to the Bahamas, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said. Flooding killed at least one man in the Bahamas and forced the evacuation of almost 400 people.

The Associated Press

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