Posted AT 6:04 AM EDT on 15/09/06
Hurricane Gordon downgraded to category 2
MIAMI — Hurricane Gordon was downgraded to a Category 2 storm Friday morning, and tropical storm Helene was not gaining strength as both storms remained in the open Atlantic where they posed no threat to land, forecasters said.
Gordon's top sustained winds were near 177 kilometres an hour, just below the 178 km/h threshold for a Category 3 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center.
At 5 a.
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