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    Tropical Storm Iota is expected to develop into a major hurricane within the next few days.
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    Central America Braces For Another Hurricane

    Nov 14, 2020
    It's the busiest Atlantic hurricane season on record. When it makes landfall early next week, Iota could drop up more than 2 feet of rain in an area still recovering from Hurricane Eta.
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    Tropical Storm Eta will brush the southern coast of Florida on Sunday before regrouping in the Gulf of Mexico and heading back toward the state.
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    Tropical Storm Eta Could Become A Hurricane, Dousing Florida With A Foot Of Rain

    Nov 08, 2020
    Multiple school districts have already canceled classes for Monday, in anticipation of a hurricane that could bring storm surges of up to four feet. The governor has declared a state of emergency.
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    Satellite imagery of Hurricane Eta. It was upgraded to a major hurricane by the National Hurricane Center on Monday. It is expected to dump 35 inches of rain in some isolated areas of Nicaragua after making landfall.
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    Eta Is Now A 'Major Hurricane' As It Barrels Towards Central American Coast

    Nov 02, 2020
    Forecasters say Hurricane Eta is rapidly gaining strength as it churns towards the coast of Nicaragua. The storm is expected to bring life-threatening storm surge, flash flooding and landslides.
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    Tropical Storm Zeta is poised to develop into a hurricane and make landfall in the Gulf Coast by Wednesday afternoon.
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    Gulf Coast Braces As Tropical Storm Zeta Poised To Become A Hurricane

    Oct 25, 2020
    The 27th named storm of the season promises heavy rain and damaging winds. It's set to make landfall in the U.S. by Wednesday.
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    Hurricane Laura Live Updates
    Parnell McKay, the civil defense director of Pass Christian, Miss., looks over the town's main business district on Aug. 23, 1969 after Hurricane Camille passed through.
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    Historic Gulf Coast Hurricanes: How Does Laura Compare?

    Aug 27, 2020
    Hurricane Laura has been described as one of the most powerful storms to hit the Gulf Coast in decades. We take a look at other infamous storms to strike the region.
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    Hurricane Laura Live Updates
    President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence listen during a Hurricane Laura briefing at FEMA headquarters in Washington.
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    Before Big Convention Speech, Trump Visits FEMA For Storm Briefing

    Aug 27, 2020
    Trump said the campaign briefly considered postponing his convention speech, but he will now continue as planned and visit Texas and Louisiana over the weekend.
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    Weather
    The National Hurricane Center predicts that Hurricane Laura will make landfall as a Category 4 storm.
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    Hurricane Laura Strengthens To Category 4 — And Threatens 'Unsurvivable' Storm Surge

    Aug 26, 2020
    Coastal areas near the Texas-Louisiana border could see life-threatening storm surge when the hurricane hits Wednesday night. Areas up to 40 miles inland could be affected.
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    Weather
    Hurricane Isaias will maintain its hurricane status for several days as it passes along Florida's central Atlantic coast, the National Hurricane Center says. The storm's forecast cone predicts it will hug the southeastern U.S. coastline.
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    Florida's Gov. DeSantis Declares Emergency As Hurricane Isaias Closes In

    Jul 31, 2020
    The hurricane could begin affecting South Florida as early as late Friday night and could increase in strength to a Category 2, DeSantis says. North Carolina and Virginia also declared emergencies.
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    This graphic, provided by NASA, shows abnormally warm ocean temperatures. Forecasters believe this will continue to fuel an already above-average Atlantic hurricane season.
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    Tropical Storm Gonzalo Forms During A Very Busy Atlantic Hurricane Season

    Jul 22, 2020
    Gonzalo, which formed in the Atlantic Ocean, is the earliest "G" storm on record. It has been a busy start to the Atlantic hurricane season. Forecasters don't think it'll be slowing down.
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    Shots - Health News
    Members of the Florida National Guard are seen at a coronavirus testing site on April 27 in North Miami. Restrictions are easing, but officials worry people might now hesitate to evacuate during a hurricane.
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    Hurricane Season Collides With Pandemic As Communities Plan For Dual Emergencies

    Jun 01, 2020
    In Florida, officials fear widespread confusion when stay-at-home policies conflict with evacuation orders, and they worry about the coronavirus spreading in crowded shelters.
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    A man secures his boat before the arrival of Hurricane Lorenzo in Angra do Heroismo in the Azores islands, Portugal, on Tuesday.
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    Hurricane Lorenzo Moves Quickly Towards The Azores

    Oct 01, 2019
    The Category 2 storm is expected to bring heavy winds and life-threatening surf. The National Hurricane Center reports the hurricane has broken records in the Atlantic.
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    Strong winds seen from the balcony of a hotel in Freeport, Grand Bahama, where Hurricane Dorian hovered most of Monday, pummeling the islands with a fearsome Category 4 assault.
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    5 Dead As Slow-Moving Dorian Batters The Bahamas, Tracks Toward U.S.

    Sep 02, 2019

    The prime minister said five people were killed on Abaco Island. The Category 3 storm sustains 125 mph winds with "life-threatening" storm surge levels expected on Florida's east coast by late Monday.

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    Hurricane Dorian is predicted to strengthen into a major Category 3 storm before reaching Florida's coast early Monday, the National Hurricane Center says.
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    Hurricane Dorian Will Hit Florida As A Major Storm, Forecasters Say

    Aug 28, 2019
    In the next four days, Dorian's winds could top 115 mph — making it a Category 3 storm — the National Hurricane Center says.
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    Carmen Chevere says living through Hurricane Maria has left her anxious and fearful.
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    Mental Health Toll Of Hurricane Maria Still Palpable In Puerto Rico

    Aug 22, 2019
    More than 3 million Puerto Ricans saw their communities — and families — devastated by the deadly Category 4 hurricane. Many residents are still emotionally fragile.
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    Aimee Cutter, the owner of Beach House restaurant, walks through water surge from Lake Pontchartrain in Mandeville, La. Hurricane Barry made landfall Saturday morning.
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    Barry Makes Landfall In Louisiana, Weakening To Tropical Storm

    Jul 13, 2019
    The storm system has prompted tornado and flash flood warnings, and officials are keeping a close watch on New Orleans' levee system and infrastructure, which failed during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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    Damaged power lines hang over a street following Hurricane Irma hit in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands on Sept. 10, 2017. The storm ravaged such lush resort islands as St. Martin, St. Barts, St. Thomas, Barbuda and Anguilla.
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    After 2 Hurricanes, A 'Floodgate' Of Mental Health Issues In The Virgin Islands

    Apr 23, 2019
    The new governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands has issued a territory-wide mental health state of emergency, after two hurricanes in 2017 caused widespread trauma and stress among islanders.
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    National
    Taylor Fontenot from Sugarland Texas said he's helped save hundreds of people since Hurricane Harvey last year. He thinks volunteers can be more efficient than the government.
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    The Cajun Navy: Heroes Or Hindrances In Hurricanes?

    Sep 22, 2018
    President Trump praised the Cajun Navy during a visit to North Carolina. But federal emergency managers say volunteers can put themselves and others in danger if they don't go through proper channels.
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    National
    A satellite image shows Hurricane Lane in the Central Pacific Ocean on Wednesday.
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    Hawaii Braces For Hurricane Lane, Now A Category 4

    Aug 22, 2018
    The National Weather Service issued a hurricane warning for Maui and Hawaii's Big Island. Forecasters were predicting flash flooding and landslides.
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    Utah Library Workers Told To Remove LGBTQ-Themed Displays

    Jul 26, 2018
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    National
    Luis Manuel Vázquez's daughter held a sign that read, "4,645 dead and my daddy was one of them."
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    An Impromptu Memorial To Demand That Puerto Rico's Hurricane Dead Be Counted

    Jun 01, 2018
    Hundreds of pairs of shoes were laid out on the marble plaza in front of Puerto Rico's capitol building on Friday, representing hurricane dead who protesters say the government must officially tally.
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    National
    Traffic backed up on Interstate 75 near the Florida/Georgia state line as people fled Hurricane Irma on Sept. 8, 2017, in Jennings, Fla.
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    Lessons From Hurricane Irma: When To Evacuate And When To Shelter In Place

    Jun 01, 2018
    As the 2018 hurricane season begins, experts and emergency managers have been studying last year's evacuations before Hurricane Irma. Nearly 7 million people left Florida to escape the hurricane.
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    The Two-Way
    Hurricane Maria, shown here as it neared Dominica on Sept. 18, is one of the storm names that has been retired.
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    After Deadly Storms, Agency Retires 4 Hurricane Names

    Apr 12, 2018
    Harvey, Irma, Maria and Nate will no longer be on the U.N.'s official rotating list of storm names. The hurricanes killed hundreds of people and caused billions of dollars in damage.
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    National
    Larry Dimas walks around his destroyed trailer in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in Immokalee, Fla., on Sept. 11, 2017. The World Meteorological Organization will no longer use Harvey, Irma, Maria and Nate to name hurricanes.
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    Harvey, Irma, Maria And Nate Are Finished As Hurricane Names

    Apr 12, 2018
    The World Meteorological Organization is retiring the names because the storms were so "deadly or costly" that using the names in the future would be inappropriate.
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    National
    Thatcher Lord built the wooden cradle he used to haul his 41-foot sailboat out of the water after it sank in a protected cove, Hurricane Hole.
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    Coast Guard Reels In Hundreds Of Sunken And Cast-Off Boats In Virgin Islands

    Feb 16, 2018
    Nearly six months after the hurricanes, the slow task of removing derelict boats goes on in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. It doesn't help that many boat owners simply abandoned their vessels.
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    The Two-Way
    A man walks past debris from Hurricane Harvey in September in Port Arthur, Texas.
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    Harvey The 'Most Significant Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Event In U.S. History'

    Jan 25, 2018
    It caused $125 billion in damage, according to a new report from the National Hurricane Center, and broke U.S. rainfall records. At least 68 people died as a result of the storm.

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