Gordon becomes powerful Atlantic hurricane
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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 Florence slowly   strengthened in the open Atlantic on Wednesday and could grow   into a hurricane as it nears the British territory of Bermuda,   U.S. forecasters 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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ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada - Hurricane Felix gathered strength yesterday and pounded Grenada with heavy rain and wind, snapping small boats loose from their moorings and toppling utility poles on its route toward the Caribbean island of Aruba.
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MIAMI -- Tropical Storm Florence formed Tuesday in the open Atlantic, becoming the sixth named storm of the 2006 hurricane season, and was likely to grow.
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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...
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Hurricanes Gordon and Helene churned  across the Atlantic with strong winds and gusty rains on Sunday  but neither posed any immediate threat to land, U.S.  forecasters said.
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Hurricane Gordon, now a powerful   Category 3 storm, swirled through the Atlantic Ocean on   Thursday but posed no threat to land, while Tropical Storm   Helene churned westward from Africa, forecasters said on   Thursday.
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Tropical Storm Helene could strengthen   into a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean over the next 48 hours,   the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Friday.
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By JENNIFER KAY MIAMI - Tropical Storm Florence gained strength in the open Atlantic on Wednesday and could become a hurricane by the weekend, but forecasters said it was too soon to tell if it would reach the United States.
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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 continued to gain strength as a major Category 3 storm Monday, posing a potential threat to Bermuda later in the week, while a hurricane warning was issued for the Azores as Hurricane Gordon intensified to Category 2.
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Heavy rain and gale force winds are expected as the remnants of Hurricane Gordon reach parts of the UK.
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A rapidly strengthening Hurricane Ivan churned closer to the Caribbean, packing sustained winds of 135 mph with meteorologists saying it's possible that the system could reach Category 5 status.
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Hurricane Ivan strengthened to 265 kilometres per hour Friday afternoon, as it left Jamaica and aimed for the Cayman Islands, a rare Category 5 storm capable of catastrophic damage, the US National Hurricane Center in Miami
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MADRID, Spain - Spain's northwest Galicia region made preparations Wednesday for Tropical Storm Gordon, which was downgraded from a hurricane but expected to intensify again as it merged with another violent weather system, with winds gusting up to 80 mph and 30-foot waves, officials said.
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The first hurricane of the Atlantic season steamed through the central Caribbean toward Haiti on Sunday, threatening to enter the Gulf of Mexico as an even stronger storm.