This NOAA satellite image taken Monday, Oct. 24, 2011 at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows dense cloud cover over the Great Lakes and parts of the Ohio Valley. Showers, periods of heavy rain and thunderstorms develop ahead of an advancing cold front from central Michigan to northeastern Illinois. To the south of the U.S., Tropical Storm Rina is located about 125 miles northeast of Cabo Gracias a Dios on the Nicaragua-Honduras border. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)
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Rina quickly becomes hurricane, may head toward Texas
October 24, 2011 12:02 PM
The Associated Press
MIAMI (AP) -- Forecasters say Rina has quickly strengthened into a hurricane off the coast of Honduras.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Monday that Rina was a Category 1 hurricane with top winds of 75 mph and was centered about 195 miles southwest of Grand Cayman.
Forecasters say the storm could become a major hurricane with winds topping 111 mph by late Tuesday.
The storm is forecast to bring at least 2 inches of rain over the Cayman Islands.
Click here for the latest information on the storm.
