Florida Calls for Hurricane Evacuations
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MIAMI - Nearly a half-million people were ordered to evacuate as Hurricane Frances swirled toward Florida on Wednesday just weeks after Charley's devastating visit, threatening to deliver the most powerful one-two punch to hit a state in at least a century.    Those planning to ride out the storm snapped up canned food, water and generators, while military helicopters and planes were flown out of the area and Cape Canaveral's Kennedy Space Center said it would close on Thursday...
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Two-and-a-half million people have been told to get out of the way of hurricane âFrances.&#39;&#39;. The storm is aiming at a 480-kilometre stretch of Florida&#39;s Atlantic coast.
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Hurricane Frances, which may become the costliest storm to hit the US in a dozen years, headed toward Florida, forcing about 2.5 million people to flee their homes.
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MIAMI  - Hundreds of thousands of people were told Wednesday to get ready to evacuate as powerful hurricane Frances crept closer to Florida just weeks after hurricane Charley's rampage.
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Thousands of automobiles clogged Florida&#39;s highways during the largest evacuation in state history as residents anticipated the arrival of Hurricane Frances.
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MELBOURNE, Fla. - The outer bands of Hurricane Frances whipped Florida's Atlantic coast with 90 mph wind Saturday as the storm crawled toward the state, bringing a potential for more than a foot of rain, tornadoes and heavy flooding as tens of thousands fled the area...
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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla.  - More than a million people threatened by hurricane Frances were told to clear out Thursday, and residents scrambled to board up homes and stock up on water ahead of what could be Florida's mightiest storm in a decade.
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By Jerry Berrios, The Miami Herald  Mar. 13--If a hurricane ravages Broward's main courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, fear not.   The county has prepared a contingency plan to relocate judges, employees and jailed prisoners.
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With Hurricane Frances approaching the eastern coast of Florida, Miami players requested that their preseason game in New Orleans be canceled.
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MIAMI Sept. 1, 2004 - Hundreds of thousands of people were told Wednesday to get ready to evacuate as powerful Hurricane Frances crept closer to Florida just weeks after Hurricane Charley&#39;s rampage.
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Hundreds of thousands of people on Florida's east coast were told to leave their homes once again on Friday as deadly Hurricane Jeanne approached for what could be a record fourth hurricane hit in a year on the storm-weary state.
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Officials in Jamaica planned to evacuate as many as 500,000 people from low-lying areas as powerful Hurricane Ivan, a Category 4 storm, headed toward the island nation.
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Emergency evacuation is under way for British tourists on Caribbean islands threatened by Hurricane Ivan.
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Hurricane Frances barreled toward the  Bahamas islands with 140 mph winds on Wednesday, a growing  threat that put millions of people on alert along Florida's  heavily populated east coast.
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More than 800,000 Florida residents were urged to seek shelter today as Hurricane Jeanne gained speed and bore down on Florida with winds near 105 mph.
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Authorities urged over a million people  from New Orleans to northwest Florida to flee as deadly  Hurricane Ivan churned through the Gulf of Mexico on a track  that could bring it onto the U.S. coast by Wednesday night.
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Emergency officials said the hurricane left thousands temporarily homeless and at least 13 people dead in Florida.