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Earl now a "major" hurricane at 120 mph
Maryland WeatherForecasters at the National Hurricane Center said today that Hurricane Earl has reached "major" (Cat. 3) hurricane status, with top sustained winds at 120 mph. Further strengthening is expected. UPDATE: Late this afternoon Earl was upgraded again to a...Tags: Meteorological Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, Travel, Port Canaveral, Disasters
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Tomas perks up; Haiti warned
Maryland WeatherAs predicted, Tomas is a tropical storm again, with top sustained winds of 45 mph. For a time earlier today, its disorganization caused some weakening, and it was demoted to a tropical depression. But the storm has revived this afternoon, and......Tags: Meteorological Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Disasters, Haiti
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Haiti facing hurricane conditions, 5-10 inches of rain
Maryland WeatherHaiti is under a Hurricane Warning today as Tropical Storm Tomas continues its slow turn in the Caribbean toward the vulnerable island nation. The warning means hurricane conditions - winds of 73 mph or more - are expected somewhere in the......Tags: Meteorological Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, Disasters, Haiti, Science and Technology
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New tropical storm heads for Haiti, Dominican Rep.
Maryland WeatherThe fifth named storm of the 2011 Atlantic season has formed in the Caribbean Sea near the island of Dominica. The forecast track would carry the storm south of the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, then across the Dominican Republic and......Tags: Haiti, Tropical Storms, National Hurricane Center, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea
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Emily tracking toward Florida and SE coast
Maryland WeatherTropical Storm Emily continues to menace the Caribbean islands of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola today. And looking ahead, the forecast storm track shows the storm moving on toward Florida and the southeast coast of the U.S. by this weekend. For......Tags: Tropical Storms, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Florida, Weather
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Biggest threat from Emily may be heavy rain
Maryland WeatherTropical Storm Emily was looking a bit disheveled this morning, with no increase in strength and increasing signs of disorganization as the storm approached Hispaniola. Top sustained winds remained at 50 mph.The storm's primary threat to the island's...Tags: Meteorological Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, Travel, Disasters, National Hurricane Center
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Emily falls apart over Hispaniola; could recover
Maryland WeatherThe National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Emily, which struck the island of Hispaniola Thursday, has degenerated into a tropical low after colliding with the island's mountains. Forecasters said they have not pronounced Emily dead yet:"THERE IS...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Disasters, Bahamas, Tropical Storms, National Hurricane Center
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Hurricane Irene poised for sweep up the East Coast
Maryland WeatherThe first hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic season was leaving Puerto Rico and moving toward the northern coast of the Dominican Republic and Haiti Monday morning. And if Hurricane Irene follows the forecast storm track, it can be expected to......Tags: Georgia, Disasters and Accidents, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Disasters, Haiti
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Tropics get interesting
Maryland WeatherLots of activity in the tropics Friday morning, although nothing, as yet, that qualifies as a tropical storm or even a significant threat to the U.S. mainland.Topping the list is a strengthening storm system off the Cape Verde Islands (circled......Tags: Dining and Drinking, NASA, Tropical Storms, Alcoholic Beverages, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Bill is now a hurricane; Claudette comes ashore
Maryland WeatherThe second named storm of the 2009 season has grown into a minimal hurricane, the season's first, according to the National Hurricane Center.Bill now sports top sustained winds of 75 mph as it churns across the Atlantic. While it is......Tags: Meteorological Disasters, Tropical Storm Claudette (2009), Disasters, Mississippi, Tropical Storm Ana (2009)
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"Peak" of hurricane season fizzles
Maryland WeatherSeptember is, statistically at least, the peak of hurricane activity in the Atlantic basin. But this year has been notably anemic. We were busier in August.Only two named storms cropped up during the month that ends tonight, compared with four......Tags: Meteorological Disasters, Tropical Storm Claudette (2009), Hurricanes, Tropical Storm Erika (2009), Disasters
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Rangel: Questions 'rude,' Pelosi worried?
The Swampby Mark Silva House Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel would rather talk about trade and health-care than the ethical breaches of which he is accused. "Mr. Rangel's pattern of conduct is what's so troubling here,'' Melanie Sloan, director of......Tags: Government, Republican Party, National Government, Charles B. Rangel, State Budgets
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