Bill forecast to regain Category 4 status as it targets Newfoundland

Category 4 is reserved for hurricanes with “extremely dangerous” winds that can cause “devastating damage.”

clipped from www.bloomberg.com Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- A weakened hurricane Bill may make one last push toward strengthening into a Category 4 storm before it begins its decline on a track toward the Canadian Maritimes, forecasters said. The storm had sustained winds of 115 miles (185 kilometers) per hour, down from 120 mph earlier, making it a Category 3 on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an advisory posted at 7:45 a.m. Miami time. It was 385 miles south of Bermuda and 820 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, heading northwest at 17 mph. “Bill is slightly weaker than previous days but will strengthen later today and is a serious threat to eastern Canada,” said Kristina Pydynowski, a senior meteorologist with private forecaster AccuWeather.com. “We have it coming back to a Category 4 as we go by tonight.” The storm will then pass south of Nova Scotia before making landfall in Newfoundland.