Hurricane Danielle Reaches Category Two Strength

Yesterday Danielle was still classified by the National Hurricane Center in Miami as tropical storm. But the NHC's latest bulletin, issued at 5:00 a.m. AST, confirms that it has now strengthened into a category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. The hurricane's is still in the middle of the Atlantic with the center around 1110 miles, 1790 kms east of the Lesser Antilles.