Tough to predict a hurricane landfall
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this season&#39;s busy season of landfalling Atlantic hurricanes has seen a few less-than-perfect calls by tropical
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With Hurricane Ivan expected to continue its devastating track across the Caribbean and pass near or over western Cuba on Monday, meteorologists hope that an El NiÃ±o episode expected in the Pacific could disrupt the conditions that have produced a bumper
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A few decades ago, the earliest warning Floridians would have had of a hurricane would have been black clouds on the horizon. Now people are complaining after Hurricane Charley hit shore at a point just 60 miles off ...
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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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MIAMI - 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.    As Frances closed on the Bahamas, it was expected to fluctuate in intensity and could become a Category 5 storm with winds of 156 mph or higher, said Jamie Rhome, a meteorologist with the National Hurricane Center in Miami...
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Meteorologists know many factors influence the intensity and direction of a hurricane. Unfortunately, none of those factors seemed to be in Florida&#39;s favor Sunday as Hurricane Frances moved through the Atlantic.
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The hurricanes have come and gone, but the forecast for Florida&#39;s citrus industry isn&#39;t so sunny. Assessing the damage from four hurricanes that ripped through the state in August and September, the US Department
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The hurricane appeared to be strengthening and forecasters warned of an increased threat of serious flooding and wind damage.
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GULF BREEZE, Fla. - When a hurricane makes landfall in the continental United States, Dave Prevatt and his colleagues in the Florida Coastal Monitoring Program are out evaluating which construction methods best protect homes from the tremendous wind forces the storms deliver...
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TAMPA, Fla. -- Floridians can go back to worrying about hurricanes.Scientists said Sunday's magnitude 6.0 earthquake that rattled windows from southwest Florida to Louisiana was rare, and a seismic jolt powerful enough to do damage or unleash a tsunami on the U.S.
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Charley, Frances and Ivan. Three major hurricanes. Two assaults on Florida already and possibly a third by next week. Get used to it.
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A few decades ago, the earliest warning Floridians would have had of a hurricane would have been black clouds on the horizon. Now people are complaining after Hurricane Charley hit shore at a point just 60 miles off from the track projected by meteorologists.
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The number of hurricanes churning through  the Caribbean toward the United States this year is likely to  be less than once feared and may even be less than normal, a  noted U.S. hurricane research team said on Friday.
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This was supposed to be another brutal hurricane season. But so far, the United States has been spared, and forecasters say one big reason is a low-pressure system off the East Coast that has been a shield against which storms just bounce off.
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Tropical Storm Florence strengthened in the open Atlantic on Wednesday and was poised to become a hurricane by the weekend, but forecasters said it was too soon to tell whether it would reach the United States.
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A new technique for tracking tempests using tree rings could help settle the debate about whether global warming is affecting hurricane frequency.
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The British and northern US Virgin Islands were put under a hurricane watch as the ``powerful&#39;&#39; storm Frances pushed westward in the Caribbean early today, according to US weather forecasters.