Hurricane Felix just banged ashore early Tuesday as a fearsome Category 5 storm? the first time in recorded history that two top-scale storms have made landfall in the same season. The hurricane hit near the Nicaragua-Honduras border, whipping metal rooftops through the air like razors and forcing thousands to flee coastal swampland.Felix was the first of two major storms expected to make landfall on Tuesday: Off Mexico's Pacific coast, Hurricane Henriette gained force as it churned toward the upscale resort of Cabo San Lucas, popular with Hollywood stars and sea fishing enthusiasts.
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