10.11.2008 11:50 pm
Hurricane warning: Norbert
Hurricane Norbert
Hurricane Norbert made landfall in Mexico’s Baja California peninsula on Saturday, blowing roofs off buildings and knocking down trees. Maximum sustained wind speed reached 100 mph. Thousands of people has been forced to evacuate (BBC).
Norbert is not expected to strengthen significantly as it crosses the Gulf of California, the US National Hurricane Center said. But, it is still goo to keep an close eye on the hurricane.
Dr. Abduwasit Ghulam is a geospatial and environmental scientist from the Center for Environmental Sciences at Saint Louis University. He has been actively involved in research and education in remote sensing and GIS, climate change, human interactions on the changing environment and natural disasters such as droughts and floods. 
