&#39;Barry,&#39; first storm of season, rains on Florida
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The first Atlantic tropical storm of the 2007 season dumped rain on Florida and was due to make landfall late Saturday but was not expected to cause serious damage, US officials said.
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WAYCROSS, Ga.  -- Tropical Storm Barry and its remnants gave a much-needed soaking to thousands of acres of burning swamp and timberland in northern Florida and southeastern Georgia.
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By Associated Press  HOMOSOSSA SPRINGS, Fla. -- Tropical Storm Barry weakened into a tropical depression as it moved through Tampa Bay on Saturday, bringing nearly   7 inches of rain to parts of the drought-parched region.
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Heavy rains in the US in the wake of Hurricane Ivan caused floods from Alabama in the south to Pennsylvania in the northeast and left about 1 million homes and businesses without power.
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WAYCROSS, Ga., June 3 -- Tropical Storm Barry and its remnants gave a much-needed soaking to thousands of acres of burning swamp and timberland in northern Florida and southeastern Georgia.
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Tropical Storm Frances plowed ashore on Florida&#39;s northwestern Panhandle yesterday, its second US landfall after the former hurricane spread a trail of flooding and torn rooftops across the centre of the state.
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By Neil Johnson and Mike Salinero, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Jun. 5--TAMPA -- Florida is issuing a collective thanks to Barry for dousing wildfires, giving Tampa's water customers a break and soaking thirsty lawns.
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Hurricane Jeanne ripped into the east coast of Florida early on Sunday morning, marking the first time four hurricanes have hit the state in a single year since record-keeping began in 1851.
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STUART, Fla. - Hurricane Frances pounded Florida relentlessly with high wind and heavy rain Sunday after it smashed across the state's east coast, knocking out power to 4 million people and forcing residents to withstand a prolonged lashing that shredded roofs and uprooted trees...
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The city of Cork and several towns were severely flooded Wednesday as the year's strongest Atlantic storm arrived with heavy rain and wind gusts of more than 70 mph. No deaths or injuries were reported.
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By Paola Iuspa-Abbott, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Jun. 4--Tropical Storm Barry brought some relief to Lake Okeechobee's  thirst but not enough to make a dent in South Florida's drought.
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Torrential rain and devastating winds plunged much of Florida into misery yesterday as Hurricane Frances inched its way across the peninsula.
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A tropical depression came ashore in the Florida panhandle Friday, sparing coastal Louisiana and Mississippi the first serious brush with tropical weather since two hurricanes laid waste to the area in 2005.
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President George W. Bush, en route to Miami for his first presidential debate with Democratic challenger John Kerry, took time out to tour parts of Florida devastated by a string of killer storms.
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STUART, Fla. - Hurricane Jeanne barreled up Florida's Atlantic Coast early Sunday with 120-mph wind and drenching rain, unceremoniously putting the weather-weary state in the record books...
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By Jerome Burdi, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Jun. 3--As Tropical Storm Barry formed over the Atlantic Ocean during the past two weeks, it blew strong easterly winds that eroded sandbanks in the ocean, causing dangerous rip currents, the National Weather Service said.
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A tropical storm bearing down on Florida formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, just in time for the official June 1 start of the Atlantic hurricane season.