Slow-Moving Frances Begins to Pound Florida
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COCOA, Fla.  - Hurricane Frances began to lash  eastern Florida with strong winds and rains on Saturday,  cutting power to nearly half a million homes and businesses and  ripping yachts from their moorings after the enormous storm  pounded the Bahamas.
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Hurricane Frances lumbered all the way across the Florida peninsula Sunday, dumping more rain over a much larger area than last month&#39;s Hurricane
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Hurricane Frances weakened and slowed Friday as it approached Florida, prolonging the anxiety among the millions evacuated and raising fears of a long and ruinous drenching over the Labor Day weekend.
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Storm-weary Floridians emerged from east coast hurricane shelters on Sunday as a weakened Tropical Storm Frances moved to the state's west coast after whipping off roofs, washing sailboats ashore and cutting power to nearly 6 million people.
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Millions of Floridians began to emerge from cover Monday as a weakening Frances pushed slowly north, after drenching most of the state with up to 13 inches of rain.
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A slightly weakened Hurricane Frances , lingered over the Bahamas on Friday on its resolute path to Florida&#39;s crowded eastern shore.
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Hurricane Frances weakened as it moved slowly across Florida, causing massive power outages and flooding across the state. Frances is expected to move out into the Gulf of Mexico and then cross back into northern
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Hurricane Frances barreled toward the  Turks and Caicos and Bahamas islands with 140 mph winds on  Wednesday, posing a growing threat that also put millions of  people on alert along Florida's heavily populated east coast.
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STUART, Fla. - Hurricane Frances howled ashore at Florida's east coast early Sunday with sustained wind of 105 mph and pelting rain, knocking out power to 2 million people and forcing Floridians to endure a frightening night amid roaring gales that shredded roofs and uprooted trees...
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STUART, Fla. - Hurricane Frances pounded Florida with high wind and heavy rain Sunday after it smashed across the state's east coast, knocking out power to 4 million people, shredding roofs and uprooting trees...
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FREEPORT, Bahamas - Hurricane Frances ripped apart roofs, shattered windows and flooded neighborhoods as it raged through the Bahamas on Saturday, driving thousands from their homes before beginning a slow march toward the east coast of Florida. At least one man was electrocuted in the storm...
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Hurricane Frances weakened slightly as it  roared through the Bahamas on Friday and took aim at the  crowded southeast Florida coast, where hundreds of thousands of  people fled their homes as much of the state shut down.
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Hurricane Frances, which may become the costliest storm to hit the US in a dozen years, headed toward Florida, forcing about 2.5 million people to flee their homes.
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f+tDATELINEhere Ã ft - Hurricane Frances diminished slightly to a Category 3 storm Sunday, but still threatened to hit Florida by late Friday or early Saturday.
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Hurricane Frances weakened but still pounded Florida with high wind and heavy rain today after it smashed across the state&#39;s east coast, knocking out power to 4 million people, shredding roofs and uprooting trees.
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STUART, Fla.  - Hurricane Frances weakened and slowed Friday as it approached Florida, prolonging the anxiety among the millions evacuated and raising fears of a long and ruinous drenching over the Labour Day weekend.
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Hurricane Frances gained strength and  became a major hurricane with 115 mph winds in the Atlantic on  Friday as it took a path that should carry it north of the  vulnerable northeastern Caribbean islands early next week.