Hurricane forecasters at Colorado State University on Wednesday predicted above-average activity in the Atlantic next year: 14 named storms, including seven hurricanes — three major.
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December 11 2008 |
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Jack English hooked up with hurricane chaser Cory Lopez and tracked down Gustav and Hanna for some good ol’ fashioned Florida ripping on both coasts.
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September 12 2008 |
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Hundreds of thousands of people fled coastal areas in the path of Hurricane Ike on Friday as the storm gathered strength on a collision course with the Texas Gulf Coast, threatening to swamp populous areas around Houston under a massive wave of water.
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September 12 2008 |
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Ike’s eye was over water about 135 kilometers (85 miles) south-southeast of Havana at 5 a.m. Cuba time today, moving west at 20 kph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The system’s sustained winds dropped to 130 kilometers per hour as it moved over land, weakening to Category 1, the lowest on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale of intensity.
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September 09 2008 |
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As of 2:00 a.m. EDT Thursday, Hanna was still a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds near 65 mph. Hanna is located near 23.7 north and 72.4 west or about 325 miles east-southeast of Nassau in the Bahamas.
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September 04 2008 |
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We’ve got Hurricane Headquarters set up here at Transworld SURF to bring you the best of the ‘08 hurricane season. Here’s a little something from the flop that was Gustav. Stay tuned for full coverage of this year’s hurricane season on transworldsurf.com, as storms are brewing up fast.
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September 03 2008 |
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Tropical Storm Hanna drenched the Bahamas and triggered deadly flooding in Haiti on Tuesday, as it headed for expected landfall in the southeastern USA later this week. Meanwhile, a new tropical storm, Josephine, formed off Africa, behind Tropical Storm Ike.
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September 03 2008 |
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Gustav is a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 110 mph and has made landfall south of Houma, La. At 10:00 a.m. CDT, the hurricane was located near 29.2 north, 90.8 west. That is 70 miles southwest of New Orleans, La. and 100 miles southeast of Lafayette, La. Gustav is moving northwest at 15 mph.
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August 31 2008 |
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Tropical Storm Cristobal, as of 11:00 p.m. EDT on Sunday, was at 35.2 north, 75 west, or about 30 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The storm has maximum-sustained winds of 50 mph with higher gusts. The tropical storm is slowly moving to the northeast at 9 mph and it has a central pressure of 1006 mb or 29.71 inches.
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July 21 2008 |
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