President surveys stormâs wrath
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President Bush on Sunday got a firsthand look at Hurricane Ivanâs devastation during his third trip to Florida to assess the damage from this summerâs fierce storms in the South.
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US President George W. Bush announced he would visit Florida Sunday to survey the devastation wrought by Hurricane Charley and try to comfort those afflicted by the deadly storm.
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Two devastating hurricanes have given President Bush something his political advisers couldn't dream up: the chance to play comforter in chief in a battleground state he is determined to win again.
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Dozens of homes and businesses looked like they were shredded by "high explosives," Lt. Gov. Bill Halter said Sunday as he surveyed the damage a day after a powerful storm injured 40 people.
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A trio of fierce hurricanes have  pushed presidential politics to the back burner in Florida, the  epicenter of the 2000 election, and could affect voter  attitudes and turnout in the Nov. 2 race, analysts say.
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LAFAYETTE, Tennessee  - President George W. Bush toured tornado-battered parts of the U.S. South on Friday and pledged to help the region rebuild after the worst rampage of twisters in nearly a quarter-century killed 58 people.
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The president of the World Bank says his staff is in the Caribbean to assess the damage caused there by Hurricane Ivan, and to ensure that the international financial community provides swift and coordinated relief.
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President Bush spent part of Monday at his Texas ranch monitoring devastation from a deadly earthquake in Southeast Asia &#151; a replay of his post-Christmas vacation last year when he was monitoring damage from an earthquake in Iran.
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PENSACOLA, Fla. - President Bush told shell-shocked survivors of Hurricane Ivan on Sunday that "we're praying for you" as he made his third campaign-season trip to Florida and his first to Alabama to assess storm damage...
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Natural disasters invoke a frustrating helplessness: Our despair only deepens as the scope of devastation reveals itself. Americans last experienced nature&#39;s wrath firsthand during the series of hurricanes
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President Bush on Sunday got a firsthand look at Hurricane Ivan's devastation during his third trip to Florida to assess the damage from this summer's fierce storms in the South.
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WASHINGTON - With Hurricane Frances poised to strike Florida, business leaders and political candidates were watching how the huge storm affects the economy of a key swing state in the presidential race.
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PENSACOLA, Fla. President Bush has arrived in the Florida Panhandle to tour areas in Pensacola and in neighboring Alabama devastated by Hurricane Ivan.
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President Bush offered condolences to victims of violent storms and tornadoes that roared through several Southern states and said he would visit stricken areas on Saturday "with a heavy heart."
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla.  - The death toll from Hurricane  Charley climbed to 16 on Sunday as thousands left homeless in  southwest Florida sorted through wreckage and President Bush  rushed in to view the devastation.
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PENSACOLA, Fla.  - President Bush on Sunday  returned to hurricane-ravaged Florida to witness the  devastation wrought by Hurricane Ivan and comfort storm victims  in a campaign battleground state that could determine whether  he wins a second term in office.
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The main U.S. hurricane tracking center  was itself in the eye of a storm on Friday after its staff  called for the resignation of their boss for picking a  political fight with Washington and undermining the credibility  of their forecasts.