Weakening Frances pushes inland
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Hurricane Frances weakened Sunday morning as it pushed inland in Florida, but the huge system, which has knocked out power to more than 1.6 million homes and businesses, was still &quot;relentlessly pounding&quot; the area, the
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A menacing Hurricane Frances, packing 140 mph wind, crept closer Wednesday to the southeastern United States, and forecasters said Florida  --  still cleaning up after Charley  --  was at risk for another hurricane strike as soon as Friday.
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Hurricane Frances strengthened as it churned near islands of the northeastern Caribbean with ferocious winds expected to graze Puerto Rico on Tuesday before the storm plows on toward the Bahamas and the southeastern United States.
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FORT PIERCE, Fla. Sept. 6, 2004 - Weakened but persistent, Tropical Storm Frances took aim at the Florida Panhandle on Monday after causing flooding and tearing roofs off buildings throughout a wide swath of central and southern Florida.
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Hurricane Frances continued to weaken and slow down early Friday, but Florida officials took no chances, issuing mandatory evacuations for parts of at least a dozen eastern counties.
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STUART, Fla. Sept. 5, 2004 - Hurricane Frances barged onto Florida&#39;s coast with 105 mph winds and driving rain Sunday, knocking out power to 2 million people and forcing residents to withstand a prolonged lashing that shredded roofs and uprooted trees.
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LOS ANGELES  - The weather gods might  make the studios' transition into fall a more difficult  proposition during the Labor Day weekend as Hurricane Frances  heads toward southern Florida.
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Hurricane Frances lost some steam and hesitated off the Florida coast Friday, prolonging the anxiety among the millions evacuated and raising fears of a slow, ruinous drenching over the Labor Day weekend.
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Hurricane Frances weakened and slowed yesterday as it approached Florida. The latest developments prolonged the anxiety among the millions evacuated and raised fears of a long and ruinous drenching over the Labour Day weekend.
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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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FORT PIERCE, Florida  - Potent but slow-moving hurricane Frances snapped power lines and whipped the Florida coast with winds over 145 kilometres an hour Saturday, knocking out electricity for about two million people and forcing residents to endure another day of waiting and worrying.
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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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Weather forecasters said Hurricane Frances has weakened further. It&#39;s now a strong Category Two hurricane. At 8 pm Eastern time Friday, the storm&#39;s top sustained winds had dropped to about 105 miles an hour, with higher gusts.
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FORT PIERCE, Fla. - Hurricane Frances' wind and water whacked swaths of Florida with fire-hose force Sunday, submerging entire roadways and tearing off rooftops even as it weakened to a tropical storm and crawled inland with heavy rain...
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.  - Tropical Storm Frances hit  Florida for a second time on Monday, weaker but still bearing  torrential rains and high winds as it crossed from the Gulf of  Mexico onto the northwestern Panhandle.
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STILL DANGEROUS: Frances weakens to a Category 2 storm but severe winds and massive flooding are possible. The hurricane likely will hit along the nearly deserted east coast this afternoon.
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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&#39;s heavily populated east coast.