MIAMI – Tropical Storm Cindy, the third named storm of last year’s record hurricane season, has been upgraded, putting the 2005 record-breaking Atlantic hurricane count at 15.
Forecasters re-examining radar data from Slidell, La., found that a small area of sustained winds had reached 75 mph – just above the 74 mph-threshold for a hurricane, National Hurricane Center forecasters said Thursday.
Cindy made landfall July 5, causing an estimated $160 million in insured damage along the Gulf Coast.
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