Hanna downgraded, expected to strengthen
Published: September 2, 2008
Updated: September 2, 2008
The National Hurricane Center has downgraded Hanna to a tropical storm but says it could still regain hurricane strength.
Forecasters say Hanna’s center is very near Great Inagua Island and drifting west near 2 mph.
Hanna is expected to move over the southeastern Bahamas today and into the central Bahamas tonight and Wednesday.
The storm’s top sustained winds have decreased to near 70 mph. It could regain hurricane strength later today or tomorrow.
The threshold for hurricane winds is 74 mph.
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