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Video: Driver Narrowly Escapes Death As Tree Crushes Moving Car During Hurricane Milton
Hurricane Milton: The storm made landfall on Florida's west coast on Wednesday night as a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, bringing maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (205 kph).
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How Cyclones And Hurricanes Will Change As The Earth Warms Due To Climate Change
When Hurricane Beryl hit the Grenadine Islands on July 1, its 150-mph winds and awesome storm surge made it the earliest category 5 storm (the most destructive grade on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale) the tropical Atlantic has seen.
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Over A Million Ordered To Evacuate As Hurricane Florence Stalks US Coast
More than a million people were ordered Monday to evacuate the path of Hurricane Florence as the powerful Category 4 storm packing winds of 140 miles (220 kilometers) per hour bore down on the East Coast of the United States.
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Hurricane Carlos Heads to Mexico as New Storm Builds Off Texas
Carlos maintained hurricane force off Mexico's Pacific coast early today, as parts of the United States braced for a separate storm system expected to unleash heavy rains.
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Video: Driver Narrowly Escapes Death As Tree Crushes Moving Car During Hurricane Milton
Hurricane Milton: The storm made landfall on Florida's west coast on Wednesday night as a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, bringing maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (205 kph).
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How Cyclones And Hurricanes Will Change As The Earth Warms Due To Climate Change
When Hurricane Beryl hit the Grenadine Islands on July 1, its 150-mph winds and awesome storm surge made it the earliest category 5 storm (the most destructive grade on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale) the tropical Atlantic has seen.
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Over A Million Ordered To Evacuate As Hurricane Florence Stalks US Coast
More than a million people were ordered Monday to evacuate the path of Hurricane Florence as the powerful Category 4 storm packing winds of 140 miles (220 kilometers) per hour bore down on the East Coast of the United States.
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Hurricane Carlos Heads to Mexico as New Storm Builds Off Texas
Carlos maintained hurricane force off Mexico's Pacific coast early today, as parts of the United States braced for a separate storm system expected to unleash heavy rains.
