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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Hurricane Ivan is among the most powerful Atlantic storms in recent history, and more such storms are likely in the future due to global warming, say climate experts.
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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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HAMILTON, Bermuda  - The sixth tropical storm of   the Atlantic hurricane season, Florence, strengthened into a   hurricane in the open Atlantic on Sunday, U.S. forecasters   said.
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Felix strengthened into a full-fledged hurricane Saturday as it churned toward the Caribbean island of Aruba, the US National Weather Service 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.
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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 storm is packing winds of 160 miles per hour. That makes it a Category Five storm, the strongest on the scale. Ivan is swirling about 450 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, and could make landfall there Friday.
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Tropical Storm Helene intensified and Hurricane Gordon maintained its strength Thursday, but neither storm in the open Atlantic was expected to threaten to land, forecasters said.
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The Azores islands in the mid-Atlantic have been placed on high alert for Hurricane Gordon.
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Hurricane Gordon weakened into a tropical storm early Wednesday near the Azores islands, prompting forecasters to discontinue hurricane warnings for the sparsely populated chain.
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Hurricane Frances gained strength and became a major hurricane with 115 mph (185 kph) winds in the Atlantic on Friday as it took a path that should carry it north of the vulnerable northeastern Caribbean islands early next week.
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Gordon became the third hurricane in the 2006 Atlantic season late Monday, forecasters said. The storm, with top sustained winds of 75 mph, was destined to remain over open waters, according to the National Hurricane Center.
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Ivan strengthened to a Category 5  hurricane, sweeping toward Jamaica on Thursday after killing at  least 20 people in the tiny spice island of Grenada.  Ivan, packing sustained winds of 160 mph, was heading  north-northwest from the south Caribbean and "could still  intensify a little more this morning," the U.S. National  Hurricane Center said.
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GEORGETOWN, Cayman Islands - Hurricane Ivan skirted Grand Cayman with winds near 155 mph on Sunday, uprooting trees, bursting the banks of canals and flooding some homes on the island as it churned toward Cuba.    The hurricane, which had grown to the most powerful Category 5 storm with 165 mph winds on Saturday, lost some strength as it approached the wealthy and well-built Cayman Islands, which appeared likely to escape its brunt...
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Hurricane Frances gained strength and  became a major hurricane with 115 mph winds in the Atlantic on  Friday as it took a path that should carry it north of the  vulnerable northeastern Caribbean islands early next week.
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Hurricane Ivan strengthened to a rare Category five storm capable of catastrophic damage as it left Jamaica and aimed for the Cayman Islands.