LONDON (MarketWatch) -- DuPont, the Wilmington, Del. chemicals giant, cut its 2008 earnings view after reporting a third-quarter profit fall of 30% to $367 million, or 40 cents a share. Adjusted for a hurricane-related charge of 16 cents a share, DuPont would have earned 56 cents a share. Sales rose to an above-forecast $7.3 billion from $6.68 billion, while total revenue rose 10% to $7.72 billion. For the fourth quarter, it sees earnings between 20 and 25 cents a share which includes 10 cents a share of hurricane-related disruptions and expected weakening demand in North America and Western Europe. Its annual earnings view was cut to $3.25 to $3.30 a share excluding items, down from $3.45 to $3.55. Analysts polled by FactSet Research expected a profit of 52 cents a share in the third quarter and $3.48 for the year.