News Topic - Hurricane
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Oops! That's not a tropical storm
Just before 10 PM on Monday night, The National Hurricane Center in Miami accidently sent out alerts about the formation of a Tropical Storm Ophelia.
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found in Local: Florida: Tampa
Just before 10 PM on Monday night, The National Hurricane Center in Miami accidently sent out alerts about the formation of a Tropical Storm Ophelia.
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found in Local: Florida: Tampa
Corps Tests Pumps, Flood GatesThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers tested the city's pumps and flood gates Tuesday in the waning weeks before hurricane season.
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found in Local: Louisiana: New Orleans
Sandhill Crane Refuge Reopens To Visitors, Volunteers
GAUTIER (WLOX) -- The Sandhill Crane Refuge in Gautier is finally ready for visitors again. Hurricane Katrina all but destroyed the 30-year-old visitor's center. Now, thanks to $3 million in grant money, there's a new center.
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found in Local: Mississippi: Biloxi-Gulfport
GAUTIER (WLOX) -- The Sandhill Crane Refuge in Gautier is finally ready for visitors again. Hurricane Katrina all but destroyed the 30-year-old visitor's center. Now, thanks to $3 million in grant money, there's a new center.
WLOX - TV – 2 hours, 43 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Mississippi: Biloxi-Gulfport
Habitat Volunteers Doing 'Amazing' Work In Storm Battered East Biloxi
BILOXI (WLOX) -- The framing frenzy across from the Biloxi Lighthouse is just one aspect of Habitat for Humanity's massive vounteer initiative. Two thousand people from around the world are in south Mississippi. And they're using hammers and power saws to bring hurricane victims' dreams back to life. Brad Kessie reports on day two of the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project.
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found in Local: Mississippi: Biloxi-Gulfport
BILOXI (WLOX) -- The framing frenzy across from the Biloxi Lighthouse is just one aspect of Habitat for Humanity's massive vounteer initiative. Two thousand people from around the world are in south Mississippi. And they're using hammers and power saws to bring hurricane victims' dreams back to life. Brad Kessie reports on day two of the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project.
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found in Local: Mississippi: Biloxi-Gulfport
Retired Hurricane Names
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found in Local: Alabama: Mobile
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found in Local: Alabama: Mobile
Board won't exclude 2 investment firms from Florida bidding
Two major investment firms will stay in the running to advise Florida on expanding its hurricane catastrophe insurance fund -- even though Governor Charlie Crist wanted to exclude them.
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found in Local: Florida: Fort Myers
Two major investment firms will stay in the running to advise Florida on expanding its hurricane catastrophe insurance fund -- even though Governor Charlie Crist wanted to exclude them.
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found in Local: Florida: Fort Myers
Dean, Felix, Noel cut from hurricane names list
Three names -- Dean, Felix and Noel -- were permanently retired from the list of Atlantic hurricane names after storms bearing those monikers in 2007 caused damage in the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico and elsewhere, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday.
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found in U.S. News
Three names -- Dean, Felix and Noel -- were permanently retired from the list of Atlantic hurricane names after storms bearing those monikers in 2007 caused damage in the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico and elsewhere, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday.
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Tampa and Hillsborough joining up for Hurricane Expo
Emergency officials from the city of Tampa and Hillsborough County are joining forces for the Tampa Bay Hurricane Expo taking place on Saturday, May 31.
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found in Local: Florida: Tampa
Emergency officials from the city of Tampa and Hillsborough County are joining forces for the Tampa Bay Hurricane Expo taking place on Saturday, May 31.
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found in Local: Florida: Tampa
Future Hurricane Names Won't Include Dean, Felix, Noel
TAMPA - Dean, Felix and Noel, the names of last year's two most powerful hurricanes and deadliest storm, respectively, will no longer be used in future hurricane seasons. A committee of the World Meteorological Organization selects lists of 21 storm names that rotate and are used every six years. Names of storms that cause extensive damage or large number of casualties are retired from the lists.
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found in Local: Florida: Tampa
TAMPA - Dean, Felix and Noel, the names of last year's two most powerful hurricanes and deadliest storm, respectively, will no longer be used in future hurricane seasons. A committee of the World Meteorological Organization selects lists of 21 storm names that rotate and are used every six years. Names of storms that cause extensive damage or large number of casualties are retired from the lists.
The Tampa Tribune – 5 hours, 24 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Florida: Tampa
Area Responders Hold 'Hurricane Zeus' Simulation"Hurricane Zeus" -- the imaginary first storm of the 2008 season -- made landfall Tuesday in a test run for area responders.
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found in Local: Louisiana: New Orleans