Miami: Hurricane Betsy struck out toward the south of Florida coast 9/7 after battering the Bahamas for more than 30 hours and the weather bureau warned Floridians to be boarded by nightfall. At 2 p.m. EST, Betsy, generating winds of 140 mph, was about 145 miles from Miami on a line a little south of due east.

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