Tropical Storm Noel strengthens, threatens Haiti
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Tropical Storm Noel strengthened on  Sunday as it crept over the Caribbean and threatened to lash  impoverished Haiti with potentially deadly rains, U.S.  forecasters said.
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Relief workers in Haiti are warning about the growing desperation of flood victims in the aftermath of a tropical storm, Jeanne, that devastated the city of Gonaives a week ago, killing more than 1,100 people and leaving as many as 250,000 homeless.
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Tropical Storm Matthew, the 13th named storm of the 2004 hurricane season, formed in the western Gulf of Mexico on Friday and its effects were already being felt in Louisiana.
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic Sept. 16, 2004 - Jeanne reached hurricane strength and made landfall Thursday on the evacuated eastern tip of the Dominican Republic, leaving behind a blacked-out Puerto
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Tropical Storm Matthew dumped heavy rains and pushed tides up in southeast Louisiana on Sunday, leaving about 30,000 people in LaPlace without water after tidal surge broke a water main.
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Bermuda's government issued a  tropical storm warning on Saturday as forecasters predicted  that Tropical Storm Florence could strengthen and become a  hurricane as it approached the British territory.
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The sixth tropical storm of  the Atlantic hurricane season, Florence, strengthened into a  hurricane in the open Atlantic on Sunday, U.S. forecasters  said.
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Tropical Storm Isaac strengthened over the Atlantic Ocean on Friday and U.S. forecasters said it may soon become a hurricane.
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Tropical Storm Gabrielle strengthened slightly as it neared the North Carolina coast on Sunday but it was not expected to reach hurricane strength as it passed over the Outer Banks and curved back out into the Atlantic, U.S. forecasters said.
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Tropical Storm Jeanne strengthened to near hurricane force as Puerto Ricans frantically bolted the doors of their homes, prepared to evacuate from lowlying areas and rushed to supermarkets to buy supplies.
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Tropical Storm Felix became the second hurricane of the Atlantic season on Saturday night and is expected to gain strength as it moves through the Caribbean, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Saturday.
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Tropical Storm Matthew, the 13th named storm of the 2004 hurricane season, weakened Sunday after moving into southern Louisiana, causing scattered flooding as heavy rain drenched the area.
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Tropical Storm Matthew, the 13th named storm of the 2004 hurricane season, flooded roads and homes across southeastern Louisiana on Saturday as it blew toward the Gulf of Mexico with high tides and torrential rainfall.
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Tropical Storm Florence mustered a bit  more strength in the open Atlantic on Wednesday and could grow  into a hurricane near the British territory of Bermuda early  next week, U.S. forecasters said.
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A rare December tropical storm causes floods and landslides in the Caribbean, killing at least 13 people.
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Hurricane Frances strengthened as it churned near islands of the northeastern Caribbean with ferocious winds expected to graze Puerto Rico on Tuesday before the storm plows on toward the Bahamas and the southeastern United States.
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic  - A  strengthened Tropical Storm Jeanne was headed for the Bahamas  on Saturday after an assault on the Dominican Republic that  left seven people dead and forced thousands from their homes.