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CNN
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Hurricane Dean churned toward a second dangerous encounter with Mexico on Wednesday, as government officials warned residents of Veracruz and other coastal towns to prepare for its arrival. The storm is expected to hit central Mexico after crossing Campec..
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CNN
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Ten people drowned and thousands fled to higher ground as a tropical cyclone lashed Pakistan's coastline with heavy rains and high winds, officials said.
Navy ships rescued 75 people from four floundering vessels Tuesday and were searching for more boa..
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CNN
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Churning in the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea, deadly Tropical Storm Noel approached Andros Island in the Bahamas early Thursday, bringing a torrential downpour of rain and tropical storm-force winds. The National Hurricane Center said it expects Noel..
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CNN
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Tropical Storm Noel's top winds began weakening Monday morning, but the heavy rains dumped on Haiti and the Dominican Republic flooded roads and homes as the storm moved westward across the Caribbean Sea. The National Hurricane Center in Miami called Noel..
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BBC News
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Jamaica has taken a battering from Hurricane Dean, being hit by severe winds and heavy rain as the storm passed south of the island overnight.
The Category Four storm is pushing winds of up to 145mph (230km/h).
A Jamaican reporter told the BBC that..
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CNN
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Hurricane Dean picked up strength early Monday, setting its sights on the Cayman Islands and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula after battering the southern coast of Jamaica. The hurricane's top winds of 150 mph (240 kph) made it a strong Category 4 storm, with h..
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CNN
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Residents and tourists hunkered down Sunday morning as Hurricane Dean, a Category 4 storm, roared through the western Caribbean on a collision course with Jamaica. A curfew was imposed Saturday evening and remained in effect Sunday morning, the police com..
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BBC News
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Torrential rains and gale-force winds have led to the deaths of more than 200 people in the coastal city of Karachi in southern Pakistan.
Some 43 people were killed by the storms on Saturday afternoon, while the other bodies were recovered on Sunday...
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News.com.au
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THE country's largest tree, killed when a controlled burn went wrong in 2003, has been blown over by strong winds in southern Tasmania.
Standing at 79m, the massive Eucalyptus regans - known as El Grande - stood unharmed by man for almost four centurie..
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