The storm Beta was upgraded to a Category One hurricane early Saturday, the 13th so far this year and a record for the Atlantic hurricane season. The hurricane, which began whipping the Colombian island of Providencia on Friday, was expected to move north-northwest and slam into Central America by Sunday as a Category 2 storm.

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(CNN.com) Tropical Storm Beta, which extended the record-breaking 2005 tropical weather season when it formed in the southwestern Caribbean Sea, was hovering near hurricane intensity early Friday and was expected to strengthen before making landfall in Central America, forecasters said.

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