Predicts that the cyclone "Ike" will cause extensive damage on the coast of Texas

Predicts that the cyclone "Ike" will cause extensive damage on the coast of Texas
The cyclone "Ike", which has caused at least 66 dead in Haiti and four in Cuba, today reached the category two on their way to Texas, where he will arrive next Saturday and could cause "extensive damage

Felix Garcia, meteorologist of the National Hurricane Center (CNH) U.S., headquartered in Miami, predicted that the cyclone "Ike" could landfall as a hurricane category three or four (out of five on the Saffir scale - Simpson) in Texas.

The arrival of "Ike" to Texas, he predicted, will generate "very high tides" that will produce destruction and heavy damage in the coastal area of the state.

The intensity of its winds "could make flying start roofs and vehicles and lots of trees," Garcia warned.

He felt that this is perhaps the hurricane "definitely" more dangerous of the year and recalled that the cyclone season of Atlanta has now entered its phase "peak".

The U.S. president, George W. Bush today declared an emergency in Texas and ordered federal aid to support state and local authorities in their preparations for response to Hurricane "Ike".

Hurricane "Ike" won intensity today, the category two climb on their way to Texas, with maximum sustained winds of 155 kilometres per hour and "could become a hurricane higher in the next 24 hours", on its way through the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, according to CNH.

The huge hurricane "Ike", which swept Cuba from east to west, "could become a hurricane higher in the next 24 hours", as it passes over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, according to experts.

Garcia explained that computer models of CNH indicate that after "Ike" could arise "new formations" and not ruled out the formation of new hurricanes in the Caribbean or the Atlantic, though hardly be exceeded forecasts of CNH for this season.

Once "Ike" dissipate, the meteorologist continued, the waters of the Gulf of Mexico will be "warm", something that will impede the formation of a cyclone of this magnitude.

However, Florida could not "sing victory yet, despite that three major hurricanes that have been recorded so far this season (" Gustav "," Hanna "and" Ike ") have not affected this state, he said .

In the current hurricane season in Atlanta (June 1 to November 30) have been formed ten tropical storms and five hurricanes.

Meteorologists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts that U.S. this season was going to be very active, with the possible formation of 14 to 18 tropical storms, of which between seven and 10 could become hurricanes.