Felix becomes Category 5 hurricane
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Hurricane Felix strengthened into a dangerous Category 5 storm Sunday and churned its way into the open waters of the Caribbean Sea after toppling trees and flooding some homes on a cluster of Dutch islands.
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PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba - Whipping winds and walloping waves lashed western Cuba and the communist country's tobacco-growing region Monday, as Hurricane Ivan strengthened to a Category 5 storm - the most powerful - and barreled along on a new course toward the U.S. Gulf Coast...
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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.
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A tropical storm brewing in the Caribbean was baptized Felix on Saturday, becoming the sixth named storm of the 2007 Atlantic season, the Florida-based US National Hurricane Center announced.
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Hurricane Ivan has picked up strength. It is now a Category Five storm -- the largest, rarest and potentially most catastrophic class.
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PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua  - Hurricane Felix weakened to a tropical storm as it dumped rain on Central America on Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
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The hurricane, blamed for three deaths, destroys homes, rips highways apart and cuts electricity to five million people. FORT PIERCE, FLA.
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Felix, downgraded to tropical depression status early Wednesday, was rapidly weakening as it crossed the mountains of Central America less than a day after making landfall as a fierce Category 5 hurricane. The once-powerful storm could produce heavy rains for the region, forecasters said.
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Planes shuttled tourists from island resorts in a desperate airlift Monday as Hurricane Felix bore down on Honduras and Belize. But thousands of Miskito Indians were stranded along a swampy coastline where the Category 4 storm was expected to make landfall.
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Tropical Storm Felix threatened to trigger floods and mudslides in Honduras on Wednesday after the once monstrous hurricane killed four people in Nicaragua.
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Heavy rains from Hurricane Felix soaked the hill country of Honduras on Wednesday, threatening dangerous flooding and mudslides as it approached the capital Tegucigalpa after killing four people in neighboring Nicaragua.
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Ivan strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane Saturday after brushing past Jamaica and battering the island with heavy rain and strong winds.
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PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua  - The number of people killed when Hurricane Felix tore into the border area of Nicaragua and Honduras this week has jumped to at least 130, a Nicaraguan rescue official said on Friday.
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Hurricane Ivan churned through the Caribbean on Monday, packing sustained winds of 125 mph and threatening to hit Barbados and other islands, after it strengthened from tropical storm status with unusual speed.    The Category 3 storm - the fourth major hurricane of the season - was still gaining strength, but apparently not as swiftly as some meteorologists had feared...
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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.
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Hurricane Felix  weakened to a tropical storm as it dumped rain on Central  America on Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
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BULL BAY, Jamaica - Hurricane Ivan strengthened to a rare Category 5 storm capable of catastrophic damage as it left Jamaica and aimed for the Cayman Islands with winds reaching 165 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Saturday...