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Weather RSS FeedsAugust 26, 2008 Hurricane Gustav strikes southern Haiti - Storm could threaten Gulf of Mexico oil operations Hurricane Gustav struck Haiti on Tuesday and sent global oil prices soaring on fears it could become "extremely dangerous" even before it reaches the Gulf of Mexico. ...Feed Source: feeds.baltimoresun.com
August 25, 2008 Fay's waters force evacuations in Fla. - DEBARY, Fla. Rescue teams are evacuating people from 180 homes in a Florida town about 25 miles north of Orlando because of flooding from what was Tropical Storm Fay. Officials say they're using boats to evacuate people from DeBary, where some streets are under four feet of water. Fay made landfall a record four times in Florida before it was downgraded to a tropical depression late Saturday. The storm caused plenty of flooding as it zigzagged across Florida for nearly a week. Waters continued to rise in some places yesterday as President Bush declared four hard-hit counties disaster areas.
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August 22, 2008 Great Hurricane both blessing, curse to Ocean City - 1933 storm cut new inlet at the south end of town, but also proved costly
In the early years of the last century, Ocean City's commercial fishermen had to launch their boats through the surf and drag them and their catch back onto the beach with horses, ropes and pulleys. It was colorful, but inefficient.
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August 22, 2008 First rain, then floods, now alligators, snakes in Florida after Fay - Tropical Storm Fay's misery just keeps on coming in Fla.
As if a fourth straight day of rain from Tropical Storm Fay weren't enough, weary residents are now dealing with quintessentially Floridian fallout: alligators, snakes and other critters driven from their swampy lairs into flooded streets, backyards and doorsteps.
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August 19, 2008 Storm hits Keys, heads for coast - Many Florida residents were taking a wait-and-see attitude yesterday as a strengthening Tropical Storm Fay swept across the Keys and bore down on the Gulf Coast.
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August 18, 2008 Evacuation is slow ahead of Fay - Keys officials close schools, urge visitors to leave, but atmosphere seems relaxed
Florida Keys officials closed schools, opened shelters and urged visitors to leave yesterday as Tropical Storm Fay threatened to strengthen into a hurricane, but residents and tourists seemed in no hurry to evacuate.
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August 17, 2008 Florida braces for Tropical Storm Fay - KEY WEST, Fla. Residents and tourists in the Florida Keys prepared yesterday for Tropical Storm Fay, which forecasters said could strengthen to a hurricane and begin battering the island chain as soon as tomorrow. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist declared a state of emergency because Fay "threatens the state of Florida with a major disaster," he wrote in an executive order. Forecasters predicted yesterday afternoon that the sixth named storm of the 2008 season would make landfall somewhere along the western coast of Florida on Tuesday as a hurricane, said Corey Walton of the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
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August 11, 2008 10 years later, memories of Western Md. tornado linger - Western Maryland families recall the terror and violence of tornado
Janet Stevens still pauses when remembering the tornado in 1998 - she still hears the roaring, raging winds, still sees scattered shards of glass where her Eckhart home was.
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August 6, 2008 Storm Edouard leaves little damage - GALVESTON, Texas Surfers and joggers hit the beach yesterday after Tropical Storm Edouard brushed past and caused little damage, while inland farmers hoped the storm's remnants would help ease drought conditions. Forecasters had feared Edouard could become a hurricane, and both Texas and Louisiana prepared for an emergency. But when it made landfall east of Galveston and west of the Louisiana border, between the small coastal town of High Island and Sabine Pass, winds gusted only to 65 mph, 9 mph below hurricane strength. The storm then weakened to a tropical depression as it moved toward Houston yesterday afternoon.
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August 4, 2008 Hurricane watch for Texas, Louisiana - NEW ORLEANS The National Hurricane Center has issued a hurricane watch for the coast of western Louisiana and eastern Texas. The watch issued last night means that hurricane conditions are possible from Tropical Storm Edouard within the next 24 hours. The fifth named storm of the 2008 hurricane season had sustained maximum winds of about 50 mph. At 9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, Edouard was about 80 miles east-southeast off the mouth of the Mississippi River and about 390 miles east of Galveston, Texas. It was was expected to strengthen before making landfall tomorrow morning in Texas.
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