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Hurricane Andrew Information
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Hurricane Andrew is the second-most-destructive hurricane in U.S. history, and the last of three Category 5 hurricanes that made U.S. landfall during the 20th century, after the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 and Hurricane Camille in 1969. The storm caused...


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Everglades off UNESCO danger list
6/25/2007: 375 words, approx. 1 pages
Florida's Everglades National Park and a rain forest reserve in Honduras have been removed from the U.N.'s list of endangered world cultural sites after improvements in conservation programs, UNESCO announced Monday.The World Heritage Committee commended the United States "for its investment of scientific and financial...
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Florida mobile homes under spotlight
2/8/2007: 499 words, approx. 2 pages
It became clear as workers dug through rubble and collected the dead: All 20 victims of the tornadoes that tore through central Florida last week lived in mobile homes.Now some advocates are urging the state to spend more to strengthen such homes, especially older ones...
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Everglades decision criticized
8/3/2007: 504 words, approx. 2 pages
The Bush administration's hand in removing the Everglades from a United Nations list of endangered sites was denounced Friday by a Florida senator.Democrat Bill Nelson characterized it as improper meddling by Deputy Assistant Interior Secretary Todd Willens at a U.N. meeting in June in New...
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Dean third-most intense hurricane ever
8/22/2007: 432 words, approx. 1 pages
Hurricane Dean was the third-most intense Atlantic hurricane to make landfall since record keeping began in the 1850s, based on its central atmospheric pressure, forecasters said.The pressure in a hurricane's eye is often used to compare storms throughout history because in the past, wind gauges...
 


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Conditions for The Perfect Storm
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Details the conditions affecting 'the perfect storm' in October, 1991. Describes the devastation of Hurricane Andrew.


 

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