Tropical Storm Gabrielle nears North Carolina
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Tropical Storm Gabrielle strengthened slightly as it neared the North Carolina coast on Sunday but it was not expected to reach hurricane strength as it passed over the Outer Banks and curved back out into the Atlantic, 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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Tropical Storm Lisa neared hurricane strength Wednesday but remained on a track keeping it in the central Atlantic, well away from land.
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RALEIGH, NC -- Eastern North Carolina should prepare for a soaking rain Monday from Tropical Storm Gaston. The system is expected to dump between three and six inches of rain as it travels through the state.
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A tropical storm watch was posted for the Carolinas early Saturday as Subtropical Storm Gabrielle gathered in the Atlantic, according to the National Hurricane Center.
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Charleston - Tropical Storm Gaston has blasted the South Carolina coast with rain and 70-mile-per-hour winds. The storm was just under hurricane strength when it made landfall just north of Charleston.
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Tropical Storm Gabrielle swirled Saturday toward North Carolina's Outer Banks, but its promised rain and high winds weren't enough to scare residents and vacationers away from the beach.
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Tropical Storm Ernesto  hit North Carolina near hurricane strength on Thursday, dumping  heavy rain on both Carolina states and forecasters warned it  could trigger life-threatening floods and tornadoes.
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Hundreds of National Guard troops were on alert and officials in the Carolinas warned residents to be ready for anything Wednesday as Ernesto &#151; upgraded late Wednesday to a tropical storm &#151; moved north away from Florida.
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The small islands of the northern  Caribbean were on alert on Monday for a close encounter with  powerful Hurricane Frances, while the remnants of Tropical  Storm Gaston limped through North Carolina.
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LAS TERRENAS, Dominican Republic - Tropical Storm Jeanne hovered near hurricane strength as it plowed through the northeastern Dominican Republic on Thursday, prompting thousands to flee their homes following a direct hit on Puerto Rico that flooded hundreds of homes and killed two people.    Jeanne was forecast to regain hurricane strength and appeared headed for the Bahamas - devastated earlier this month by Hurricane Frances - and then possibly toward the southeast United States, anywhere from Florida to the Carolinas...
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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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ASHEVILLE, NC -- Repairs to damage from Hurricane Frances haven&#39;t been completed yet, but emergency workers in western North Carolina are having to gear up for the threat posed from Hurricane Ivan.
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CHARLESTON, S.C. - Tropical Storm Gaston blasted the South Carolina coast with rain and 70 mph wind early Sunday as it pushed ashore just short of hurricane strength...
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Tropical Storm Gabrielle washed ashore and crawled slowly along the North Carolina's Outer Banks Sunday, but caused few problems and failed even to chase vacationers away from the beach.
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MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. - Tropical Storm Gaston sloshed ashore in South Carolina Sunday with near hurricane-force winds, spinning sheets of rain that flooded roads as the storm knocked out power to thousands of people...
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The sixth tropical storm of the Atlantic   hurricane season, Florence, formed in the distant Atlantic on   Tuesday and could become a hurricane as it moves toward the   United States, U.S. forecasters said.