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Hurricane Wilma moves into the Atlantic Ocean


24 October 2005

Hurricane Wilma has crossed the Florida peninsula and is now in the Atlantic Ocean north east of West Palm Beach. After making landfall as a Category 3 hurricane with winds of 120 m.p.h., Wilma has now decreased in strength but winds remain very strong with very heavy rain falling in the storm's wake.

The Met Office provides updated information on the hurricane to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), which is used to advise tourists and people who have friends and family in the area via the FCO web site.

For the latest satellite imagery from the area and information on the movement of the storm check the Met Office tropical cyclone information page, which includes a link to the National Hurricane Center and major national weather services around the world.

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