 WLOB Portland, WLOBradio.com, and 100.5 WLOB. The storm strengthens. I'm Kathleen Maloney, Fox News. Barrel has been upgraded to a Category 4 hurricane, packing winds of 130 miles an hour and aiming for the Caribbean. Michael Brennan of the National Hurricane Center in Miami says Barbados, St. Lucia, Grenada, and other islands are in the bullseye.