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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Hurricane Karl strikes Mexico near shut nuclear plant AFP - 1 hour 18 minutes ago Send IM Story Print VEGA DE ALATORRE, Mexico (AFP) - – Hurricane Karl roared ashore on Mexico's flood-hit east coast Friday, just four miles (seven kilometers) from a closed nuclear power station bringing heavy winds and rains. The first major hurricane of the Atlantic season to hit land slightly weakened, to a category two on the five point Saffir-Simpson scale, as it moved inland, the US National Hurricane center said in its latest advisory. "Continued weakening is expected as the center of Karl moves farther inland," it added. Still packing winds of up to 110 miles (175 kilometers) an hour, the storm hit as Mexico reels under one of its wettest seasons on record, and forced the evacuation of oil rigs and the shutdown of a nuclear plant. "There is absolutely no risk" since all security measures were taken at Laguna Verde, Mexico's only nuclear generator, said Laura Gurza, national civil protection director. Karl hit around 1630 GMT, just north of the port of Veracruz, and was the worst storm to hit the region in some three decades. It would dump huge amounts of rain and could trigger dangerous flash-flooding as it headed toward a large swathe of central Mexico, including Mexico City, forecasters said. As officials opened hostels with room for thousands of people, many hunkered down in their homes, sticking adhesive tape on windows and blocking doors with furniture. Coastal resident Filemon Calderon said his wooden house collapsed overnight, after he had tried to reinforce it with old mattresses. "It fell on us. The beds and our furniture were soaked," the 59-year-old said. Still reeling from major flooding this month that left 25 people dead and affected nearly one million more, Mexican officials posted hurricane warnings for the central Gulf coast. "It's the first time in at least 30 years that we're experiencing such a powerful phenomenon," the head of Veracruz weather services, Federico Acevedo, told journalists. Roads were closed in the north of Veracruz state and the international airport suspended flights. Mexican state oil giant Pemex Thursday evacuated Gulf oil platforms and stopped production in 14 wells. Meanwhile out in the Atlantic, the very large category three Hurricane Igor was packing winds of 115 miles (185 kilometer) per hour. Igor is so big that hurricane force winds extend some 105 miles (165 kilometers). Tropical storm force winds were also radiating up to 290 miles (465 kilometers) from its center, the NHC said. Concern lay primarily with Bermuda, where authorities of the British overseas territory, home to some 67,000 people were warning of potential devastation if the eye of the storm passed close by as forecast. A meteorologist for the Bermuda Weather Service said the island should prepare for virtually a direct hit, with 37 hours of gale force winds starting Sunday, according to Bermuda's Royal Gazette. Huge swells from Igor could also cause dangerous surf from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands up the US East Coast, the NHC said. Lined up behind Igor was Julia, a weakening category one hurricane out in the Atlantic with no current threats to land. The last time so many major storms churned in the Atlantic basin at the same time was in September 1998, when there were four hurricanes, including Georges, which killed more than 600 people and caused nearly six billion dollars in damage. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has predicted an especially stormy 2010, with 14 to 23 named storms for this season, including eight to 14 hurricanes. On average, there are 11 named storms, six of which become hurricanes, in the six-month season which ends on November 30. Hurricane Earl battered Canada's Nova Scotia province earlier this month when it made landfall as a category one storm. But it swiftly lost power, weakening down to a tropical storm. 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