San Diego faces the most powerful hurricane over 160 years

August 1, meteorologists have recorded in the district of La JOLLA, on the North-West of San Diego, the highest since 1916, the temperature of the water in the ocean is 25.5 degrees Celsius. This means that the region is threatened by the most powerful in the entire history of observations of the hurricane, warn scientists at the SCRIPPS institution of Oceanography (Scripps Institution of Oceanography).

Progressist coast water moving North, toward the cold currents. As a result, could evolve into a tropical storm with wind speeds of 17 to 32 m/s, gradually increasing to a hurricane, says Professor Art Miller.

In the entire history of observations in California, there was only one hurricane in 1858. Wind speed it reached 130 km/hour, and the damage caused by elements, based on current prices amounted to $500 million.

In 1976 and 1977 in San Diego was powerful tropical storms. On the restoration of the city after the last left about $25 million. And now the meteorologists announced a new danger that can bring changeable weather.

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While vacationing on the beaches of San Diego sunbathe, swim and surf in the ocean waters has recorded several dangerous points of potential epicenters of hurricane. Some of them reach the 3rd level of danger.

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