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Forecasters predict subdued hurricane season
Forecasters are expecting the fewest Atlantic hurricanes and tropical storms since 2009, particularly if the weather phenomenon El Niño develops by the heart of the hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting...
Tags: Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Science, Hurricane Andrew (1992), Tropical Storms
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Hurricane season getting an early start
Hurricane season is off to an early start in the Pacific, but not quite yet in the Atlantic. The season’s first tropical depression has formed in the Eastern Pacific, about 645 miles from the Mexican coast. A low pressure system in the Eastern...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Hurricanes, Tropical Storms, National Hurricane Center, Tropical Weather
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AccuWeather predicting quiet hurricane season
AccuWeather.com is forecasting a relatively quiet Atlantic hurricane season, predicting a dozen named storms, including two major hurricanes. The weather service is anticipating five hurricanes in all, and seven tropical storms. That is about average,...Tags: Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Tropical Storms, Weather Reports, Tropical Weather
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Mikulski likens loss of hospital ship Comfort to departure of Colts
The Baltimore SunSen. Barbara A. Mikulski on Wednesday likened the loss of the USNS Comfort to the departure of the Baltimore Colts – and asked Navy Secretary Ray Mabus to reconsider. The U.S. Fleet Forces Command announced last month that it was moving the white-...Tags: Natural Disasters, Hurricanes, Naval Station Norfolk, Hospitals and Clinics, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Slow hurricane season forecast for 2012
Hurricane forecasters at Colorado State University are calling for a below-average hurricane season this year, with 10 expected named storms and about a one in four chance a major hurricane will hit the East Coast. The Tropical Meteorology Project...Tags: Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Weather Reports, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical Weather
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Irene retired from tropical storm name list
MIAMI (AP) — Irene is being retired from the list of storm names because the 2011 hurricane killed 49 people and caused more than $15 billion in damage. A report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the name will be...Tags: Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Tropical Storms, Dominican Republic, Hurricane Irene (2011)
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40 years later, Howard looks back at Tropical Storm Agnes
Tooling along on a Harley Sprint motorcycle in June 1972, Bob Miller alternated between taking main roads and riding alongside the railroad next to the swollen Patapsco River as he wove his way from Sykesville to Elkridge, filming scene after scene of...Tags: Natural Disasters, Howard County, Hurricanes, Tropical Storms, Sykesville
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Elkridge: Long Reach High Leadership class donate time and effort to help stock food pantry
There are plenty of stories where a single negative incident can give a bad rap to an entire group of people, whole communities, schools, etc. And, for every one of those negatives, there are plenty of amazingly positive people and outreach efforts that,...Tags: Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Teaching and Learning, Patapsco, Schools
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When the pump runs dry
Under international pressure over its nuclear ambitions, Iran is now threatening to take pre-emptive action, which could include disrupting oil supplies to the West. It will come as a shock to most Americans, but no presidential candidate — nor,...Tags: Natural Disasters, Hurricanes, Iran, Saudi Arabia, The New York Times
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Playing the averages
Winter certainly isn't over, and these parts have seen some pretty impressive winter storms in March, and on occasion in April, even as the National Weather Service forecast indicates it'll be at least March before low temperatures are solidly below...Tags: Tropical Storms, Snow Storms, Harford County
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Driven by disaster
Last Feb. 27, Project: Prom Dress raised $4,000 to benefit the American Red Cross in Howard County. The next day, a fire swept through an apartment complex in Columbia and, just like that, the funds were completely spent on the four families displaced...Tags: Natural Disasters, Hurricanes, Tropical Storms, First Aid, Hurricane Irene (2011)
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Constellation has proven a good neighbor
The American Red Cross of the Chesapeake Region knows how important it is to stay connected to your home. We have been serving Maryland's disaster victims every day for the past 107 years from our offices in Baltimore. We've changed our physical address a...Tags: Natural Disasters, Hurricanes, Harbor East, Relief and Aid Organizations, Companies and Corporations
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