Tropical Storm Beta Update, Oct., 28 PM

Please see: Hurricane Beta Update, Oct., 29 Early AM

...BETA NEARING HURRICANE STRENGTH...LASHING THE ISLAND OF PROVIDENCIA...

TROPICAL STORM BETA ADVISORY NUMBER 9
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT FRI OCT 28 2005

TROPICAL STORM BETA DISCUSSION NUMBER 9
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT FRI OCT 28 2005

Nicaraguans flee villages to escape storm Beta
PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua (Reuters) - Hundreds of Miskito Indians streamed into makeshift shelters in a sleepy Caribbean port on Friday as Nicaragua prepared for Tropical Storm Beta, the latest cyclone in a record breaking season.

Beta Spares One Island, but Slams Another
SAN ANDRES, Colombia (AP) - Hundreds of villagers on a tiny Caribbean island hiked into the mountains Friday, fleeing a powerful tropical storm that engulfed Providencia in heavy winds and rain. Tropical Storm Beta, packing winds of 65 mph, made a direct hit on the Manhattan-sized island. The...

Beta Spares Colombian Island
Tropical Storm Beta sideswiped the Colombian island of San Andres on, sparing hundreds of residents and tourists who had hunkered down in shelters overnight. The storm still threatened a neighboring island and the Nicaraguan mainland.

Tension: Rising
Gravity: Wait and see

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