Historic first as two topmost hurricanes land in same year
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For the first time on record, two Atlantic hurricanes have made landfall at category five in the same year as Hurricane Felix slammed ashore Tuesday at the topmost intensity on the Saffir-Simpson scale, according to data from the US National Hurricane Center.
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Hurricane Florence's remnants brought high winds and heavy rain to the Canadian coast on Wednesday, while a strengthened Hurricane Gordon and a tropical depression in the open Atlantic weren't threatening land, forecasters said.
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Tropical Storm Ernesto formed Friday over the Caribbean as it moved toward Jamaica and the Cayman Islands and could develop into the first hurricane of the 2006 Atlantic season, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
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Hurricanes Gordon and Helene churned  across the open Atlantic on Sunday, packing strong winds and  gusty rains but posing no immediate threat to land, U.S.  forecasters said.
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HOUSTON - Ivan's second foray into the United States came with little wind but plenty of the rain that became the 3-week-old system's calling card as it raked the Caribbean and eastern United States, while Floridians braced for another possible pounding as Hurricane Jeanne appeared to be gearing up for a weekend landing.    After looping into the Atlantic and back into the Gulf of Mexico following its initial strike on the Alabama-Florida coast as a hurricane last week, Tropical Storm Ivan washed ashore near the Texas-Louisiana line Thursday night, bringing heavy rain to both sides of the border...
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Hurricane Ivan slammed ashore today with winds of 130 mph, packing a powerful punch of waves and rain that threatened to swamp communities from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle.
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Tourists evacuated two small islands off the coast of Puerto Rico on Wednesday as Tropical Storm Chris gained strength in the eastern Caribbean and was expected to become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season.
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Waves two-stories high and torrential rains flooded eastern Jamaica and punishing winds knocked down trees and power lines as Hurricane Ivan slammed coastal areas
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Having ravaged the Caribbean for more than one week Hurricane Ivan made landfall in the southern United States, causing great damage, particularly in the state of Florida.
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Hurricane Ivan, the fifth Atlantic hurricane this year, swept through Grenada with winds up to 135 miles (215 kilometers) per hour and strengthened as it headed into the southeastern Caribbean Sea.
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(CBS/AP) The leading edge of Hurricane Ivan was kicking up heavy rain and winds off Jamaica&#39;s eastern tip Friday morning and a large storm surge flooded roads there, a radio station reported.
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Humberto, the first hurricane to hit the U.S. in two years, sneaked up on south Texas and Louisiana overnight and crashed ashore Thursday with heavy rains and 85 mph winds, killing at least one person.
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First it was a one-two punch of Tropical Storm Bonnie and the devastating Hurricane Charley. Then came Hurricane Frances just three weeks later.
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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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Hurricane Ivan is at least a bit less terrible today as it hit the southeastern coasts and started moving upward. Ivan lost its hurricane status but is still categorized as a tropical
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ome hurricanes just won&#39;t quit, and American shores yesterday were in the crosshairs of two such long-lived, meandering tempests.
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MIAMI, FL, Sun. Aug. 29, 5 am: A tropical storm watch may be required for portions of the northern Leeward Islands later today as the center of another hurricane, Hurricane Frances inched closer to the islands.