Hurricane Frances Begins Assault on Florida
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Hurricane Frances weakened as it roared  through the Bahamas on Friday and began its initial assault on  the crowded southeast Florida coast, where hundreds of  thousands of people fled their homes and much of the state shut  down.
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The eye of Hurricane Frances made landfall near Sewall&#39;s Point, 35 miles north of West Palm Beach, on the eastern Florida coast early Sunday.
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Hurricane Frances battered the  southeastern Bahamas islands with 140 mph winds on Wednesday as  it roared toward the United States and put millions of people  on alert along Florida's heavily populated east coast.
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Hurricane Frances is now over Florida&#39;s eastern coast. The National Hurricane Centre says conditions are expected to get worse as the dangerous Category 3 storm moves to shore, possibly late Saturday.
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FREEPORT, Bahamas - Hurricane Frances ripped apart roofs, shattered windows and flooded neighborhoods as it raged through the Bahamas on Saturday, driving thousands from their homes before beginning a slow march toward the east coast of Florida. At least one man was electrocuted in the storm...
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Hurricane Frances headed out over the Gulf of Mexico bound for the Florida Panhandle early today after lashing a wide swath of the state with punishing winds and drenching rain.
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Hurricane Frances battered the Turks and Caicos islands with stinging rains and powerful winds Wednesday, peeling off tin roofs from wooden houses and knocking out power before churning toward the Bahamas and threatened Florida.
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(Miami-AP Sept. 2,2004 12:30 PM) _ More than a million people are being ordered from their homes in Florida in anticipation of Hurricane Frances.
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COCOA, Fla.  - Hurricane Frances whipped off  roofs, felled trees and cut power to about 4 million people in  Florida on Sunday as the huge and powerful storm lumbered over  the state with ferocious winds and sheets of rain.
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Floridians began mopping up on Tuesday  and counting the cost of Hurricane Frances' long, destructive  path through the state, and thousands of people joined long  lines for ice, water and fuel.
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A menacing Hurricane Frances, packing 140 mph wind, crept closer Wednesday to the southeastern United States, and forecasters said Florida  --  still cleaning up after Charley  --  was at risk for another hurricane strike as soon as Friday.
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Hurricane Frances took dead aim at Florida yesterday, sending millions scrambling for shelter for the second time in three weeks, as the storm was poised to roar ashore tomorrow.
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COCOA, Fla.  - Hurricane Frances began to lash  eastern Florida with strong winds and rains on Saturday,  cutting power to nearly half a million homes and businesses and  ripping yachts from their moorings after the enormous storm  pounded the Bahamas.
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STUART, Fla. - Hurricane Frances howled ashore at Florida's east coast early Sunday with sustained wind of 105 mph and pelting rain, knocking out power to 2 million people and forcing Floridians to endure a frightening night amid roaring gales that shredded roofs and uprooted trees...
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Hurricane Frances weakened but still pounded Florida with high wind and heavy rain today after it smashed across the state&#39;s east coast, knocking out power to 4 million people, shredding roofs and uprooting trees.
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Hurricane Frances sends commodity prices soaring and threatens sales as it heads for the coast of Florida.
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FORT PIERCE, Fla. - Potent but slow-moving Hurricane Frances snapped power lines and whipped the Atlantic coast with winds over 90 mph Saturday, knocking out electricity for more than 450,000 Floridians and forcing millions to endure another day of waiting and worrying...