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08 Nov 2009 20:16

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U.S.: I’d uh, get out of Louisiana if I were you. Hurricane Ida’s coming.

The hurricane-ravaged state, still smarting from Hurricane Katrina four years later, called a state of emergency already. Hopefully the Category 2 doesn’t get stronger. source
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23 Aug 2009 20:29

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U.S.: Let this be a lesson to wave-watchers: Don’t mess with Bill

  • missing Three precocious storm-watchers in Maine got caught up in one of the storm’s waves. Scary, right?
  • found The storm-watchers were found – alive – this evening. Other watchers suffered broken bones. Yikes. source
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22 Aug 2009 11:05

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U.S., World: Bill didn’t do much to Bermuda, still heading for Cape Cod

Bermuda didn’t get damaged much at all. The now-Category-2 Bill is also heading towards Nova Scotia. Halifax, batten down the hatches! source
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17 Aug 2009 20:25

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U.S., World: Bill and Claudette: Two storms living separate lives

  • bill Bill’s still on track to become a major hurricane, but probably isn’t headed towards the U.S. at all.
  • claudette Claudette, however, has made landfall in Alabama and Florida and appears to be slowing down. source
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17 Aug 2009 10:25

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World: Don’t mess with Bill: The season’s first hurricane’s gonna get big

  • 75 mph Bill’s current wind speed; it’s hanging out in the Atlantic right now
  • 111 mph Bill’s expected wind speed in two days; Bermuda’s in the way source
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16 Aug 2009 20:25

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U.S., World: The quiet hurricane season finally burped this weekend

  • three storms number of tropical storms – Ana, Bill and Claudette – that formed this weekend
  • eleven weeks the amount of time the hurricane season’s been going on so far; it’s running late source
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13 Aug 2009 11:24

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World: Could climate change be causing more hurricanes?

  • now We average about 17 hurricanes and tropical storms each year – a fairly high level.
  • before We haven’t reached an activity level this unusually high over the last thousand years. source
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09 Apr 2009 21:53

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U.S., World: The hurricane season won’t be quite so busy this year

  • 11-14 forecasted named storms this season source
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