Tropical storm sweeps through Caribbean
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Tropical Storm Chris swept through the eastern Caribbean on Wednesday, forcing cruise ships to change course and tourists to evacuate small islands off the coast of Puerto Rico as it threatened to become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season.
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- Hurricane Ivan tore down trees, blew off roofs, knocked out power, and forced hundreds of people to evacuate coastal areas as it pounded the tiny islands of the southeastern Caribbean yesterday.
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Hurricane Felix gathered strength Saturday and pounded Grenada with heavy rains and winds, snapping small boats loose from their moorings and toppling utility poles on its route toward the Caribbean island of Aruba.
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Tropical Storm Jeanne battered the Dominican Republic before heading to the Bahamas where the tempest, which has killed at least nine people, began to churn seas and stir deadly storm surges on Saturday.
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ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada - Packing ferocious winds, Hurricane Ivan made a direct hit on Grenada Tuesday, blasting apart scores of homes and forcing hundreds of evacuations before growing even stronger as it moved in Jamaica's direction...
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A rare December tropical storm causes floods and landslides in the Caribbean, killing at least 13 people.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica - Hurricane Ivan lashed Jamaica with giant waves and winds nearing 155 mph early Saturday, but as panicked residents braced for a direct hit, the storm unexpectedly wobbled and lurched west, possibly sparing the island the worst of its fury.    The change in course could be good news for hurricane-weary Florida, since Ivan may now head off into the Gulf of Mexico...
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands  - Hurricane Ivan, one  of the fiercest Atlantic storms recorded, headed toward Cuba  Monday after pummeling the Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Grenada  on a track that eventually will bring it to the U.S. coast.
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The strongest storm to hit the Caribbean in 14 years now has Jamaica in its sights. Hurricane Ivan is expected to hit the Island nation on Friday.
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Tropical Storm Noel strengthened on  Sunday as it crept over the Caribbean and threatened to lash  impoverished Haiti with potentially deadly rains, U.S.  forecasters said.
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Hurricane Felix intensified rapidly over the warm waters of the Caribbean on Sunday as it passed to the north of the Netherlands Antilles islands and aimed for Central America or Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
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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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Tropical Storm Ernesto strengthened over the Caribbean Saturday as it headed toward Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, threatening to become the first hurricane of the 2006 Atlantic season, the U.S. National Hurricane Center 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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Deadly Hurricane Jeanne strengthened  rapidly as it crossed the northern Bahamas on Saturday on its  way to deliver a record fourth hurricane strike in one season  to densely populated Florida.
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Hurricane Ivan ripped off roofs and cut power across Barbados on Tuesday, lashing the island with fierce winds but sparing it a direct hit as it roared into the eastern Caribbean.
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One of the strongest storms on record, Hurricane Ivan swept through nine countries and the wealthy British territory of the Cayman Islands before spinning Tuesday into the Gulf of Mexico.