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Hurricane Chris climbed into category 2 Wednesday on the Saffir-Simpson scale of intensity of up to 5, moving in the opposite direction of the US Atlantic coast, according to the National Hurricane Center's latest newsletter (At 3:00 am Chris was located 390 kilometers southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and was 17 kilometers north-east with winds reaching 165 kilometers at the time.
Although there is no coastal warning, the NHC has stated that Chris will increase his speed in the next hours and that Thursday night could be close to the southeast of the island of Newfoundland, Canada.Chris will strengthen in the coming hours, although Wednesday night will begin to lose strength and Thursday night, coinciding with his possible arrival in Newfoundland, will be degraded to a tropical storm.
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