This one won’t leave much of a legacy, but the 15th named storm of the 2007 hurricane season has made landfall in the Dominican Republic.
The track forecast calls for Olga to follow the well-worn path of predecessors and proceed to the far-western Caribbean before making a second landfall, perhaps near Belize.
Here is the latest discussion from the National Hurricane Center.
Winds are topping out at 45 m.p.h. – just 6 m.p.h. above the minimum requirement for getting a name – and it is expected to weaken.
While named storms are unusual after Nov. 30, the official end of the hurricane season, they are by no means unprecedented.
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