Experts lower hurricane forecast to 5
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Hurricane forecaster William Gray's team downgraded its expectations for the 2006 Atlantic storm season Friday, calling for a slightly below-average year, with only five hurricanes instead of the seven previously forecast.
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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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Floridians can go back to worrying about hurricanes.
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Far away, off the coast of South America, the waters of the Pacific Ocean are cooling ominously. In the Atlantic, the sea surface remains warm. And overhead, the atmosphere is evolving toward what forecasters said yesterday could be a dangerous hurricane season.
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Although the first hurricane of the season has weakened to a tropical storm, it could gain strength again as it approaches the Keys, experts warn.
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Hurricane Charley's 145-mph force took forecasters by surprise and showed just how shaky a science it still is to predict a storm's intensity &#151; even with all the latest satellite and radar technology.
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados Sept. 6, 2004 - Islanders scrambled to put up storm shutters and stock up on supplies as the fourth major hurricane of the season churned closer to the Caribbean, packing sustained winds of 105 mph.
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Although all hurricane watches have been cancelled, the weakened storm is expected to drench the U.S. East Coast with heavy rains.
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Weather forecasters said Hurricane Frances has weakened further. It&#39;s now a strong Category Two hurricane. At 8 pm Eastern time Friday, the storm&#39;s top sustained winds had dropped to about 105 miles an hour, with higher gusts.
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Weakened but still formidable, hurricane Frances was downgraded to a tropical storm last night as it spun slowly toward Louisiana, leaving a trail of flooding and destruction up and down
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Hurricane forecasters are calling for an above-average Atlantic hurricane season again next year after one of the most destructive seasons on record.
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Next year's Atlantic hurricane season will again be more active than usual but is unlikely to be a repeat of this year's disaster, a noted storm forecaster said on Friday.
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MIAMI - Hurricane Frances weakened slightly Monday, but forecasters warned it would pick up strength as it headed toward the Caribbean islands, which it could begin affecting Tuesday.
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Forecasters say Jeanne has been downgraded to a tropical depression as it heads toward the Bahamas after causing major damage in the Dominican Republic Friday.
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The next Atlantic hurricane season could produce up to 16 named storms, six of them major hurricanes, suggesting another active year but not the record pounding of 2005, scientists said Monday.
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Hurricane Jeanne is bearing down on the Caribbean nation with 160-kilometre-an-hour winds and drenching rains. In Florida, residents have been alerted that hurricane conditions were possible in the next 36 hours.
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The 2007 Atlantic hurricane season will be busier-than-average with an expected 14 tropical storms, of which seven will strengthen into hurricanes, a noted forecasting team founded by Dr. William Gray said on Friday.