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Hurricane Flossie intensifies to Category 4 storm as it nears Hawaii
11:10 AM CDT on Saturday, August 11, 2007
HONOLULU -- Hurricane Flossie strengthened to a Category 4 storm Saturday as it spun more than a 1,000 miles south of Hawaii.
At 11 a.m. EDT, Flossie had intensified with maximum sustained winds near 132 mph, and was about 1,100 miles southeast of Hilo, Hawaii. Flossie was upgraded to Category 3 from a Category 1 overnight.
The storm was expected to weaken later in the day as it passed over cooler waters. It was traveling west at about 12 mph.
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