Ernesto leaves 263,000 powerless
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Ernesto, downgraded to a tropical   depression as it crossed into Virginia, knocked out power   service to about 263,000 customers in Virginia and the   Carolinas on Friday.
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Floods unleashed by torrential rain have killed at least 118 people and left 86 missing in southwest China. Authorities yesterday called in thousands of army and navy personnel to help after five days of continual
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Tropical Storm Ernesto neared the southeastern US coast for the second time in two days with winds just below hurricane strength, weather forecasters said.
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Keys residents evacuate, schools close in preparation for Tropical Storm Ernesto, expected to make landfall Wednesday
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The center of Tropical Storm Ernesto   moved over land late on Thursday near Long Beach, North   Carolina, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
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South Florida residents breathed a sigh of relief early Wednesday after Tropical Storm Ernesto lumbered ashore well below hurricane strength and caused little damage.
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Disrupting the start of the Labor Day weekend, Ernesto drenched the Mid-Atlantic region, cut power to more than 400,000 customers and forced evacuations as it weakened to a tropical depression.
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A weakening Tropical Storm Ernesto was   downgraded on Wednesday to tropical depression status by the   U.S. National Hurricane Center.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  NEW YORK  Utility crews were working to restore power to thousands of residents in Westchester County, Long Island and parts of New York City on Sunday in the wake of Ernesto.
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The U.S. National Hurricane Center on   Wednesday placed a hurricane watch on North Carolina and   reduced the alert for the Georgia coast to a tropical storm   warning, as Tropical Storm Ernesto swept up the Atlantic Coast.
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Tropical Storm Ernesto picked up steam with surprising speed in the warm waters of the Atlantic and built toward hurricane strength Thursday as it swirled toward the Carolinas, forcing the closing of ports and campgrounds.
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Ernesto, downgraded to a tropical   depression after a Thursday night landfall in North Carolina,   left more than 243,000 utility customers from North Carolina to   New Jersey without power late Friday.
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Two young brothers were missing from a home near a fast-moving stream Wednesday, while across the state six people were evacuated from an area flooded by a river swollen by Tropical Storm Ernesto.
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Tropical Storm Ernesto  hit North Carolina near hurricane strength on Thursday, dumping  heavy rain on both Carolina states and forecasters warned it  could trigger life-threatening floods and tornadoes.
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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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Ernesto has lost the little punch it had as it moved over Florida and was downgraded from a tropical storm to a depression, much to the relief of residents who had initially braced for a powerful hurricane.
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roads into debris-filled rivers and smashed piers and marinas in Alabama and northwestern Florida. About 3 million people were without power and thousands huddled in shelters.