The last major hurricane to strike Bermuda was Fabian in September 2003, a Category 3 storm that killed three police officers and another person while causing more than $100 million in damage as it tore off roofs, pulverized trees and flooded famed golf courses. A. Listen. WATCH LIVE: Webcam captures Hurricane Gonzalo as it hits Bermuda. HAMILTON, Bermuda â The leading edge of Hurricane Gonzalo moved onto this British territory Friday night, pounding Bermudans with fierce wind and heavy surf as a powerful Category 2 storm that could raise coastal seas as much as 3 metres.
The UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) system is a system of coordinates that describes position on a map. GPS receivers can display locations in UTM coordinates. Most maps, especially those for hikers, display UTM coordinates.
UTM. MGRS. World Geographic Reference System (GEOREF) Univeral Transverse Mercator (UTM) The Earth between latitudes 84Â° N and 80Â° S is divided into 60 zones each generally 6Â° wide in longitude. The Earth is divided into 60 zones. They are number from 1 to 60 proceeding east from the 180th meridian from Greenwich. Washington DC is in grid zone 18S covering a quadrangle from long 72Â° to 78Â° W and from lat 32Â° to 40Â° N. Each of these quadrangles is further divided into grid squares 100,000 meters on a side.