Ernesto strengthens on path to Carolinas
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Tropical Storm Ernesto neared hurricane   strength as it closed in on the U.S. East Coast on Thursday,   threatening North and South Carolina with heavy rains and large   waves.
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Gathering strength over the central Caribbean, Tropical Storm Ernesto steamed toward Jamaica Saturday and threatened to enter the Gulf of Mexico within days as the first hurricane of the 2006 Atlantic season.
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RALEIGH, North Carolina  - Tropical Storm Ernesto   hit North Carolina near hurricane strength on Thursday,   flooding some coastal areas in both Carolina states though   there were no immediate reports of casualties.
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By Chrissy Vick, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.  Sep. 8--TOPSAIL ISLAND -- Though erosion from Tropical Storm Ernesto is less severe than feared, it doesn't mean Topsail Island towns are out of the water yet.
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Hurricane Ivan has strengthened as it heads towards Cuba after bringing destruction to the tiny Cayman Islands. Southern Cuba has been feeling the first effects of Ivan&#39;s winds, and the island&#39;s western tip
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Tropical storm Ernesto was expected Thursday to move north toward the northern South Carolina coastline.
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After ambling in the Atlantic for days, Hurricane Jeanne began a trek toward Florida&#39;s east central coast Thursday, increasing the history-making odds that the Sunshine
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Hovering just below hurricane strength and producing heavy rains, Tropical Storm Ernesto was moving inland over eastern North Carolina early today, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm's maximum sustained winds were at 65 mph.
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Tropical Storm Ernesto drenched eastern Cuba on Monday, then aimed north toward the warm waters of the open Caribbean sea and Florida where forecasters expected it to hit shore as a hurricane.
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Though it probably won't become a hurricane again, Ernesto has picked up strength and will bring heavy rains to south Florida and the Carolinas, forecasters say.
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Tropical Storm Helene strengthened as it   churned westward across the Atlantic on Thursday, while   Hurricane Gordon remained a powerful Category 3 storm, but   neither posed any immediate threat to land.
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Hundreds of National Guard troops were on alert and officials in the Carolinas warned residents to be ready for anything Wednesday as Ernesto &#151; upgraded late Wednesday to a tropical storm &#151; moved north away from Florida.
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The sixth tropical storm of  the Atlantic hurricane season, Florence, strengthened into a  hurricane in the open Atlantic on Sunday, U.S. forecasters  said.
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By Matthew Eisley, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 6--That was one wet week, what with Tropical Storm Ernesto and cool fronts spawning drenching showers and thunderstorms.
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Hurricane Ivan pounded Jamaica with heavy rains and winds exceeding 155 mph as the intensifying Caribbean storm skirted the island&#39;s southern and western coasts today and advanced on a path that could bring it close to Florida by Monday.
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The U.S. National Hurricane Center issued   a hurricane watch for a portion of coastline from South   Carolina to North Carolina on Thursday as Tropical Storm   Ernesto gained strength over the Atlantic.
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Ernesto weakened to a tropical depression Friday, but the storm still packed enough punch to dump more than half a foot of rain, knock out power to more than 300,000 customers and force hundreds of people from their homes.