Can humidity fix post-hurricane problem?
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In a country like the United States, one of the human body's most urgent needs is taken for granted. It comes easily out of our faucets, and gallon jugs of it cost less than a dollar.
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Gulf Coast residents breathed a sigh of relief Saturday after a tropical depression came ashore in the Florida panhandle, then weakened, sparing them their first serious brush with tropical weather since two hurricanes ravaged the region in 2005.
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Heavy rain from the remnants of Jeanne flooded low-lying areas, uprooted trees and loosened the earth at a cemetery in south Georgia, washing coffins from the ground. Two deaths were blamed on the storm in South Carolina.
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Nearly eight weeks have passed since the last tropical storm in the Atlantic-Caribbean region faded away, but banish any notion the 2007 hurricane season has been unusually slow and beware the coming months, experts say.
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By Paola Iuspa-Abbott, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Jun. 4--Tropical Storm Barry brought some relief to Lake Okeechobee's  thirst but not enough to make a dent in South Florida's drought.
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This was supposed to be another brutal hurricane season. But so far, the United States has been spared, and forecasters say one big reason is a low-pressure system off the East Coast that has been a shield against which storms just bounce off.
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MIAMI - No rest for the hurricane weary and worried.  Eight days after the end of a surprisingly mild hurricane season and 13 days before winter begins, a private group of forecasters Friday predicted above average activity for the next hurricane season - which is nearly six months away.
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By Kathy Huber, Houston Chronicle  Feb. 3--Q:My bananas are brown. Do I prune them? When will they fruit again?   S.F., Houston   A: High winds, rain and a bit of ice have reduced the banana's leafy, tropical presence to tattered ruins.
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Many of Florida's beaches have taken on a different look after this year's parade of hurricanes finished shifting, eroding or completely relocating tons of sand. How to deal with that change will be a complicated and costly problem, coastal experts say.
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NEW ORLEANS -- Black mold scurries up the walls of the old CVS pharmacy, spreading like a disease. There are exposed wires and collapsing ceiling tiles and a stench vaguely reminiscent of Hurricane Katrina. And so it was understandable recently when Greg Cassin turned to his colleagues before entering the pharmacy and asked them a simple question: "Is it safe?"
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Climate scientists agree there have been a lot of strong hurricanes lately. They agree that warmer seas have given these storms some extra punch. But they disagree how much global warming is to blame.
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Climate scientists agree there have  been a lot of strong hurricanes lately. They agree that warmer  seas have given these storms some extra punch. But they  disagree how much global warming is to blame.
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High humidity helped firefighters fight blazes across California on Wednesday, while a lack of rain allayed fears of possible mudslides and flooding, officials said.
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In Hurricaneâs Aftermath, Google is a Priority  It wasnât so much the inability to take a hot shower. It wasnât the inconvenience of having to run to 7-11 for coffee in the morning. It wasnât the fact that we couldnât wash clothes, couldnât watch TV or couldnât get cool (other than ...
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FRIDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Hurricane season is here, and the American Geriatrics Society offers advice to seniors to help them prepare for any potential natural disaster.
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TAMPA, Fla. -- Floridians can go back to worrying about hurricanes.Scientists said Sunday's magnitude 6.0 earthquake that rattled windows from southwest Florida to Louisiana was rare, and a seismic jolt powerful enough to do damage or unleash a tsunami on the U.S.
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla.  - Rita Weston survived  Hurricane Charley huddled under a mattress with her husband and  mother in a mobile home she bought 35 years ago. But before the  storm passed, the home was reduced to scrap wood and metal.