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		<title>Three tropical storms moving across Caribbean</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Three small tropical storms were moving across the Caribbean Sunday including one threatening Florida, the first storms of the Atlantic season after two months of total quiet.

The storms claimed the first letters of the alphabet - Ana, Bill and Claudette - and one of them, Ana, was found to be so &#8220;poorly organised&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical Storm Ana races west through the Atlantic, prompting watches; Bill isn&#8217;t far behind</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — Tropical storm watches were issued Saturday for the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and other parts of the Leeward Islands as Ana raced west through the Atlantic.

Tropical Storm Bill, the second storm of the Atlantic season, formed farther east and forecasters said they expect it to become a hurricane over the next several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical Storm Bill forms in the far eastern Atlantic as Tropical Storm Ana quickly moves west</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — The government of the Netherland Antilles issued a tropical storm watch for St. Maarten, Saba and St. Eustatius on Saturday as Ana raced west through the Atlantic.

Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Bill, the second named storm of the Atlantic season, formed further to the east and forecasters said they expected it to strengthen.
The National Hurricane [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New tropical depression forms in Atlantic behind Tropical Storm Ana; strengthening expected</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 23:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — A new tropical depression has formed over the Atlantic behind Tropical Storm Ana and both are expected to slowly strengthen over the next couple of days.

The National Hurricane Center said Saturday that the third depression of the Atlantic season had maximum sustained winds of 35 mph and could soon become a tropical storm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forecasters: Tropical Storm Guillermo forms far from land in Eastern Pacific; winds at 40 mph</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — Forecasters say Tropical Storm Guillermo has formed far from land in the Eastern Pacific with winds sustained at 40 mph.

The National Hurricane Center says the seventh named storm of the season in the Pacific formed Wednesday night about 760 miles southwest of Baja, Calif. Some strengthening is forecast during the next day.
Meanwhile, forecasters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forecasters downgrade Pacific storm Felicia to tropical depression</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HONOLULU — After a week of hoopla, a once furious Felicia finally staggered into the Hawaiian Islands on Tuesday, exhausted from its passage across the Pacific Ocean.

The storm that once boasted Category 4 hurricane force winds of more than 140 mph was downgraded to a tropical depression Tuesday morning with maximum sustained winds of 35 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forecasters downgrade Pacific storm Felicia to tropical depression; top winds near 35 mph</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HONOLULU — Felicia was downgraded to a tropical depression Tuesday morning as it approached Hawaii with maximum sustained winds of about 35 mph, but a flash flood watch and a high surf warning remained in effect, forecasters said.

The former hurricane was expected to weaken more in the next two days. A tropical storm watch that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical Storm Felicia weakening as it approaches Hawaii</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HONOLULU — Hawaii residents kept a watchful eye on Felicia on Monday as the weakening tropical storm closed in on the islands.

A tropical storm watch for the Big Island was canceled Monday but remained in effect for Oahu and Maui County.
After being downgraded from a hurricane, Felicia had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Felicia weakens to tropical storm on approach to Hawaii, downgraded from Category 1 hurricane</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HONOLULU —Hawaii braced for Tropical Storm Felicia, taking no chances even though the storm weakened rapidly as it moved toward the islands.

Felicia was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph with higher gusts. It&#8217;s expected to weaken even more before hitting Hawaii, probably before daybreak Tuesday morning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Felicia starts to weaken, downgraded to a Category 1 storm far out in the Pacific</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI —Hurricane Felicia has been downgraded to a Category 1 storm far out in the Pacific and is expected to weaken further as it gets closer to Hawaii.

The National Hurricane Center said Felicia&#8217;s maximum sustained winds weakened slightly to near 90 mph Friday evening.
Forecasts say people in Hawaii should monitor Felicia&#8217;s progress. They say the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Felicia remains a Category 2 storm far out in the Pacific, expected to weaken</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — Hurricane Felicia remains a Category 2 storm far out in the Pacific and is expected to weaken as it gets closer to Hawaii.

The National Hurricane Center said Felicia&#8217;s maximum sustained winds strengthened slightly to near 105 mph Friday evening.
Forecasts say people in Hawaii should monitor Felicia&#8217;s progress. They say the storm is expected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US government lowers storm forecast for rest of Atlantic hurricane season after quiet start</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — The Atlantic hurricane season will be less active than originally predicted, government forecasters said Thursday after the first two months of the half-year stretch passed without any named storms developing.

Updating its May outlook, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said a warmer weather pattern called an El Nino over the Pacific Ocean was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Felicia expected to weaken in Pacific, Tropical Storm Enrique keeps its strength</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — Hurricane Felicia is still a Category 4 storm far out in the Pacific, but it&#8217;s expected to weaken.

The National Hurricane Center says Felicia&#8217;s maximum sustained winds remain near 140 mph. The hurricane is expected to weaken over the next few days as it moves over colder water.
Felicia is centered about 1,510 miles west-southwest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forecasters: Hurricane Felicia in Pacific becomes Category 4 storm; sustained winds at 140 mph</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — Hurricane Felicia is continuing to gain strength far out in the Pacific.

The National Hurricane Center says Felicia&#8217;s maximum sustained winds have increased to near 140 mph, making it a Category 4 storm and a major hurricane.
Felicia was centered about 1,455 miles west-southwest of the southern tip of Mexico&#8217;s Baja California peninsula Wednesday night [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Felicia continues to gain strength over the Pacific, winds near 125 mph</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — Hurricane Felicia is continuing to gain strength far out in the Pacific.

The National Hurricane Center says Felicia&#8217;s maximum sustained winds have increased to near 125 mph, making it a Category 3 storm and a major hurricane.
Felicia was centered about 1,420 miles west-southwest of the southern tip of Mexico&#8217;s Baja California peninsula Wednesday afternoon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Felicia strengthens into a hurricane far out in the Pacific; Tropical Storm Enrique nearby</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — Forecasters say Felicia has strengthened from a tropical storm to a hurricane far out in the Pacific while Tropical Storm Enrique is getting stronger not far away.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Felicia&#8217;s maximum sustained winds are near 80 mph and it could be a major hurricane during the next day or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical depression forms in Eastern Pacific; forecasters say could become tropical storm</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center says a tropical depression has formed in the Eastern Pacific and is expected to intensify into a tropical storm within a day.

Forecasters say the depression is the seventh of the 2009 Eastern Pacific hurricane season.
Its maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph with higher gusts.
Around 2 p.m. EDT Monday, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dolores weakens to storm remnant over Pacific, expected to dissipate even more</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — Forecasters say Dolores has weakened from a tropical depression to just a storm remnant over the Pacific Ocean and is expected to dissipate even more.

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Thursday night that Dolores was about 940 miles west-southwest of the southern tip of Mexico&#8217;s Baja California. Maximum winds were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dolores weakens to tropical depression over Pacific, expected to become remnant by tonight</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — Forecasters say Dolores has weakened to a tropical depression over the Pacific Ocean and is expected to lose even more strength into the evening.

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami say Dolores will likely dissipate into a storm remnant Thursday evening.
Dolores was about 860 miles west-southwest of the southern tip of Mexico&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical Storm Dolores forms in the Pacific, Hurricane Carlos weakens, has 85 mph winds</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — Tropical Storm Dolores has formed far off Mexico&#8217;s Pacific coast.

National Hurricane Center forecasters in Florida said Wednesday that Dolores has maximum sustained winds of about 40 mph and is moving away from land at about 13 mph.
Hurricane Carlos is also in the open Pacific. It has lost strength and is now a Category [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carlos becomes hurricane again as it heads farther out to sea in open Pacific</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — Carlos has returned to hurricane strength as it moves further out into the open Pacific.

Forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said early Tuesday that the storm&#8217;s winds had increased to near 75 mph (120 kph). Some strengthening is possible in the next day.
As of 6 a.m. EDT, the storm was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Carlos heading west over the Pacific Ocean, is expected to get stronger</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — Hurricane Carlos is heading west over the open waters of the Pacific Ocean and has weakened slightly.

The Category 1 hurricane has maximum sustained winds near 80 mph, down from around 85 mph earlier Sunday. But forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami say Carlos is expected to strengthen somewhat during the next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical Storm Carlos forms far off Mexico, expected to strengthen as it moves further to sea</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — Tropical Storm Carlos has strengthened far off Mexico&#8217;s Pacific coast Friday and is expected to reach hurricane strength Saturday as it moves farther out to sea.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says Carlos — which had been a depression — now has maximum sustained winds near 50 mph (85 kph) and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical depression forms far off Mexico&#8217;s Pacific coast, could strengthen to tropical storm</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — A tropical depression formed Friday far off Mexico&#8217;s Pacific coast and is expected to strengthen while moving farther out to sea.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said the depression had winds of about 35 mph (55 kph) and is likely to become a tropical storm by Saturday and possibly a hurricane [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical Storm Blanca off Mexico&#8217;s Pacific coast heading toward colder water, expected to fade</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — Tropical Storm Blanca was barely a tropical storm as it headed up Mexico&#8217;s Pacific Coast Tuesday, moving closer to colder waters, which forecasters said should sap its energy even more.

Blanca was located about 540 miles (865 kilometers) southwest of the tip of the Baja California Peninsula, and was heading west-northwest at 12 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical Storm Blanca forms in Pacific off western Mexico; not expected to threaten land</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — Tropical Storm Blanca formed Monday off western Mexico as the second named storm of the Pacific season, but forecasters predicted it would follow a course far away from land.

Blanca was located about 410 miles (660 kilometers) south of the tip of the Baja California Peninsula on Monday night, and was heading west-northwest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Andres weakens from hurricane to tropical storm off Mexico&#8217;s SW coast; heavy rain expected</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico — Andres briefly flared up into the Pacific season&#8217;s first hurricane Tuesday, then quickly weakened back to a tropical storm as it swirled up the Pacific coast sideswiping Mexico with powerful rains that left at least one person dead.

Andres flooded homes, toppled trees and killed at least one person as it swiped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical Storm Andres close to becoming season&#8217;s 1st hurricane, threatens brush with Mexico</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalia Parra</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ACAPULCO, Mexico — Tropical Storm Andres was expected to grow into the Pacific season&#8217;s first hurricane Tuesday and deal a glancing blow to a coastline dotted with picturesque towns popular with foreign retirees.

Mexico issued a hurricane warning for the strip of coast from just south of Manzanillo to near Puerto Vallarta. To the south, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical Storm Andres, 1st named Pacific storm of season, strengthens off Mexico coast</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalia Parra</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ACAPULCO, Mexico — A strengthening Tropical Storm Andres roared toward Mexico&#8217;s Pacific coast Monday, prompting emergency preparations for a storm that forecasters predicted would become the season&#8217;s first hurricane.

Forecasters said Andres was likely to brush the coast at hurricane strength around the port city of Manzanillo by Tuesday. The forecast track showed its center later [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New technology to improve ways to predict storms and hurricanes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - A group of scientists in the US and Europe are using increased modeling capabilities to offer to the public and government officials new and improved ways to predict storms and hurricanes.

The scientists are from Louisiana State University&#8217;s (LSU&#8217;s) WAVCIS, or Wave-Current-Surge Information System for Coastal Louisiana, and colleagues from Europe.
They now offer graphic, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Air France plane went down in region known as &#8216;birthplace of our strongest storms on Earth&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Skoloff</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Air France Flight 447 vanished in a zone of ferocious weather over the Atlantic Ocean known as the birthplace of some of the world&#8217;s strongest storms — just as the plane was encountering a 400-mile-long maze of lightning, hail, driving rain and fierce 100-mph updrafts.

So why didn&#8217;t the pilot simply turn around, avoid the storms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane center head urges end to &#8217;skinny black line&#8217; as 2009 Atlantic storm season begins</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Gresko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — The &#8220;skinny black line,&#8221; long a staple of forecasts showing a hurricane&#8217;s projected path, could be a casualty of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season that began Monday.

While urging preparedness, the director of the nation&#8217;s hurricane center said he&#8217;s on a crusade against the line, which forecasters have long called misleading.
Bill Read said this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips for preparing for and surviving a hurricane</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 23:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Hurricane Center offers these tips in preparing for a big storm:

—Securely fasten impact-resistant shutters over all large windows and glass doors. Shutters can be made from metal or plywood.
—Discuss the type of hazards that could affect your family. Know your home&#8217;s vulnerability to storm surge, flooding and wind.
—Locate the safest areas in your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weather system that formed in the Atlantic has lost its tropical depression status</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 05:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center says a weather system moving over the Atlantic has lost its tropical depression status.

The National Weather Service had counted the depression, which formed Thursday, as the first of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season, which officially begins Monday.
The system has maximum sustained winds near 30 mph, and is moving east-northeast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1st tropical depression of season forms off mid-Atlantic coast; not expected to hit land</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 16:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center says a tropical depression has formed off the mid-Atlantic coast, but it&#8217;s not expected to threaten land.

The National Weather Service counts the depression as the first of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season, which officially begins Monday.
The depression&#8217;s maximum sustained winds are 35 mph, and it&#8217;s moving east-northeast near 18 [...]]]></description>
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