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Ida hits Nicaragua as hurricane, then loses steam
Hurricane Ida swept onto Nicaragua's Atlantic coast Thursday, destroying homes, damaging schools and downing bridges before losing steam and becoming a tropical depression as it moved inland. ...more
November 6, 2009
Ida drops to tropical storm, crosses Nicaragua
Ida has been downgraded to a tropical storm, weakening as it dumps heavy rains over Nicaragua. ...more
November 5, 2009
Student athletes may feel heat of dress codes
It might be acceptable for adults at the gym, in road races and in triathlons. But high school girls in sports bras and boys with bare chests violate the dress code of Hillsborough County's public schools and officials are once again attempting to enforce the rule - no matter how hot it is. ...more
November 5, 2009
Depression forms in Caribbean; expected to become tropical storm
The year's latest tropical depression formed today from an area of low pressure tucked near Central America and is expected to become Tropical Storm Ida, possibly today. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center have watched the thunderstorms in the extreme southwestern Caribbean Sea since the weekend, and the system continued to become more organized. ...more
November 4, 2009
Tropical depression forms south of Hawaii
MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say a tropical depression has formed far south of the Hawaiian Islands and that it is expected to strengthen over the next two days. ...more
October 18, 2009
Tropical Storm Fred forms in Atlantic
Tropical Storm Fred has formed in the Atlantic Ocean, the season's sixth named storm with winds at 40 mph. ...more
September 7, 2009
Tropical disturbance in Atlantic expected to develop in depression
A tropical disturbance 600 miles east of the Lesser Antilles could form into a depression during the next day or so and could strike the United States or Cuba, meteorologist Richard Rude of the National Weather Service said today. ...more
August 31, 2009
Tropical Storm Jimena forms in Pacific Ocean
The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Jimena has formed in the Pacific south of Mexico. ...more
August 29, 2009
Warnings issued as Hurricane Bill churns off East Coast
Hurricane Bill weakened slightly early today but still threatened to flood Bermuda's coastlines and generate dangerous waves and riptides along the eastern U.S. coast. ...more
August 21, 2009
From disaster comes firewood
When life puts a tree on your house, make firewood. That's about the only choice Barbara Bolding had. ...more
August 19, 2009
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