HAVANA, Cuba -- Hurricane Paula weakened as it neared the coastline Wednesday afternoon from a category 2 storm to a category 1. Forecasters in the US were monitoring the storm and authorities in Cuba had issued a storm warning and were in preparation to begin evacuating people. However, after the storms began to calm people were able to remain put. After the 2008 hurricanes hit Cuba, officials said they didn't want to take any chances in being under prepared. The hurricane is likely to reach the Florida Keys sometime Friday, but by then will have most likely weakened to a tropical storm.
The forecasting and warnings issued are all part of the engineering portion of the hazard paradigm we discussed in class. Forecastings, warnings, and predictions are also used for the adaptation portion in the "Big Three".
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