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Southeast braces for Tropical Storm Hanna
The Associated PressTropical storm watches or warnings were extended from Georgia to areas just south of New York City on Friday as states along the Atlantic braced for Tropical Storm Hanna. And forecasters said Hanna could still become a hurricane before its expected...Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Outer Banks, Regional Authority, North Carolina, Maine
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Southeast states brace for Tropical Storm Hanna
The Associated PressTropical storm watches or warnings were extended from Georgia to areas just south of New York City today as states along the Atlantic braced for Tropical Storm Hanna. And forecasters said Hanna could still become a hurricane before its expected arrival...Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Outer Banks, Regional Authority, North Carolina, Maine
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Gustav's remnants bring Chicago area more than 3 inches of rain
Chief Meteorologist, WGN-TV/Chicago TribuneGustav's blustery remnants lived up to the advance billing Thursday, dousing the Chicago area with its heaviest official rain in more than five years. By evening, preliminary totals at the Whitney Young High School Weather Bug sensor had reached 4.12...Tags: Weather Reports, Tropical Storms, Tropical Storm Hanna, Florida, Natural Disasters
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Officials briefed on state readiness for new storms
As forecasters tracked a string of powerful storms sweeping toward the East Coast -- one of which is expected to bring rain and high winds to Maryland tomorrow -- Gov. Martin O'Malley convened top officials of his administration yesterday for a briefing...Tags: Sheila Dixon, North Carolina, Regional Authority, Weather Reports, Tropical Storms
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Hanna lurks, packing high winds, heavy rain
john.valenti@newsday.comA flood watch has been issued for Long Island on Saturday -- and a tropical storm warning has been extended up the East Coast to Sandy Hook, N.J. -- as the metro area prepares for a potential deluge of pounding, driving rains from Tropical Storm Hanna....Tags: Weather Reports, Tropical Storms, Tropical Storm Hanna, Natural Disasters, Hurricane Gustav
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Tropical Storm Watch issued for Maryland
Maryland WeatherParts of Maryland is now under a Tropical Storm Watch as TS Hanna continues its advance on the U.S. mainland. A new track forecast brings the storm up the coast, with the center line of the 'cone of uncertainty' passing directly......Tags: Outer Banks, Tropical Storms, Maryland, Tropical Storm Hanna, Natural Disasters
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Hanna heads for Carolinas; Ike a Cat. 4
Maryland WeatherAnother sunny day in the 90s today. You'd never know we had two tropical storms to worry about. Tropical Storm Hanna has circled around and is now making a beeline for the Carolina coast with winds that are forecast to......Tags: North Carolina, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Weather Reports, Tropical Storms, Ocean Tides
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Josephine's winds at 45 mph, little change expected through Friday
South Florida Sun-SentinelTropical Storm Josephine strengthened overnight with maximum sustained winds at 45 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. At 11 p.m. the storm was 630 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands. It was moving west-northwest at about 10 mph....Tags: Hurricanes, Disasters, Hurricane Josephine, Tropical Storms, National Hurricane Center
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137 dead in Haiti; FEMA footing bill
FEMA announced it is planning to offer assistance to evacuees of Hurricane Gustav. The agency said it is planning to pay the hotel expenses of some of the nearly 2 million people who fled their homes ahead of Gustav. In Haiti, the death toll from...Tags: Hurricane Gustav, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Hurricanes, Disasters, Hurricane Hanna
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Hurricane Ike weakens to Category 3 storm
The Associated PressThe National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Ike has weakened to a Category 3 storm in the Atlantic. Ike's maximum sustained winds have dropped to near 125 mph as of 5 a.m. today. And the hurricane center says more weakening is expected during the next...Tags: Hurricanes, Disasters, Hurricane Ike, Tropical Weather, National Hurricane Center
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ASK TOM WHY
Dear Tom, I lived in Liberia for seven years, and we experienced dust storms called harmattans. Do these winds eventually cause the hurricanes that reach the U.S.? —Patrick McKeen, Buffalo Grove Dear Patrick, Hurricanes that affect...Tags: Hurricanes, Disasters, Buffalo Grove, Natural Disasters
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