Helene weakens, no longer a hurricane
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Helene weakened and was no longer a hurricane Sunday as it moved through the open Atlantic, forecasters said.
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Hurricane John lost strength on  Thursday as it trekked up Mexico's Pacific coastline and was  downgraded to a less powerful category 2 storm, the U.S.-based  National Hurricane Center said.
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Tropical Storm Helene formed in the   Atlantic Ocean west of the Cape Verde Islands late on Wednesday   but did not immediately threaten land, the U.S. National   Hurricane Center said.
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Hurricane Helene formed Saturday in the open Atlantic, while a weakened Hurricane Gordon drifted slowly, also hundreds of miles from land, forecasters said.
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida  - Helene became the fourth   hurricane of the Atlantic season on Saturday and Hurricane   Gordon stalled in the Atlantic, but neither storm threatened   land.
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Hurricane Helene strengthened Sunday into a Category 3 storm in the open Atlantic, becoming the second major hurricane of the 2006 season, forecasters said.
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Ernesto became the first hurricane of the Atlantic season Sunday then weakened to a tropical storm as it lashed Haiti's southern coast with heavy rain and flooded homes in the impoverished country.
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LA PAZ, Mexico  - Hurricane John lost strength on   Thursday as it trekked up Mexico's Pacific coastline and was   downgraded to a less powerful category 2 storm, the U.S.-based   National Hurricane Center said.
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Hurricane Gordon weakened on Friday over  open waters while Tropical Storm Helene gained strength as it  headed west over the Atlantic and could become a hurricane over  the weekend, U.S. forecasters said.
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Hurricane Helene was downgraded to a Category 1 storm Thursday as it churned in the open Atlantic well east of Bermuda, forecasters said.
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A hurricane warning was issued for the Azores as Hurricane Gordon moved rapidly toward the sparsely populated group of islands Tuesday, while Hurricane Helene remained a large Category 3 storm but was expected to miss Bermuda, forecasters said.
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Hurricane Helene continued to gain strength as a Category 3 storm in the open Atlantic on Monday, and forecasters said it could threaten Bermuda at the end of the week.
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A weakening Tropical Storm Jeanne has left Florida after pounding areas of the beleaguered state&#39;s east coast ravaged by Hurricane Frances three weeks ago.
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Hurricane Gordon became a powerful   Category 3 storm as it swirled through the Atlantic Ocean on   Wednesday but posed no threat to land, while a tropical   depression off Africa became Tropical Storm Helene, forecasters   said late on Wednesday.
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Tropical Storm Noel weakened as it moved along northern Cuba on Tuesday, but the storm that killed more than a dozen people in the Dominican Republic was expected to become a minor hurricane as it neared the Bahamas.
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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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The remains of Hurricane Ivan buffeted the Louisiana coast on Thursday evening with heavy rains and gusty winds as it moved in from the Gulf of Mexico, much diminished from the ferocious monster that earlier killed more than 100 people