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Churning sustained winds of 125 mph, Hurricane Opal reached the Florida panhandle just after 6 p.m. EDT east of Pensacola. More than 55,000 frightened people have already crammed onto U.S. 29 and Interstate 10; thousands of others who waited too long to evacuate were trapped in their homes. At least one person, a 76-year-old woman, was killed when a spun-off tornado destroyed her mobile home. Opal is the ninth and by far the strongest hurricane of the season, one of the roughest ever. State officials compared it Hurricane Camille, which killed 256 people in Mississippi, Alabama...
Wielding 100-mph winds and whipping up 12-foot waves, the fourth hurricane in as many weeks landed in the U.S. Virgin Islands this evening. Puerto Rico, which may also be hit, closed its airport today at 3 p.m. Last week's hurricane, Luis, the most powerful this season, killed 12 people in the Caribbean islands...
...astate of emergency, closed state offices, activated the National Guard, and suspended toll-collecting on evacuation routes in preparation for the arrival Tuesday of Hurricane Erin. While not projected to be as lethal as Andrew was, Erin is expected to pound the southern part of the state with 90 mph winds, dumping up to 10 inches of rain and causing widespread flooding...
Commander Robert "Hoot" Gibson had the demanding task of steering the 100-ton Atlantis to within three inches of the 123-ton Mir, at a closing rate no faster than one foot in 10 seconds, while the two ships sped in tandem around the Earth at 17,500 mph...
Boeing's projected aircraft would have a baseline design carrying more than 300 passengers, as well as a range of 5800 statute miles, flying at Mach 2.4 [1775 mph] at 60,000 feet [18 kilometers] with four engines each with 50,000 pounds of thrust, according to Harrison. The Concorde currently carries 100 passengers, and has a range of 4000 statute miles flying at Mach...