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Hurricane season blows down to its last gasp
South Florida Sun-SentinelOne of the busiest hurricane seasons on record draws to a close today, but for most coastal residents it was a breeze. Although there were 14 named storms, five more than usual, no hurricanes made landfall in the United States this year, which hasn't...Tags: Disasters, Pembroke Park, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Pacific Ocean, Hurricane Damage
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Hurricane planning can protect horses
South Florida Sun-SentinelThose people you see walking around with cans of paint aren't spraying graffiti on buildings. They are preparing for an approaching hurricane by painting their phone numbers on the sides of their horses. And that's important in this new town where...Tags: Horse (animal), Disasters, Meteorological Disasters, Weather, Natural Disasters
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In Honduras, hurricane victims are still waiting for help
The Chicago TribuneKnee-deep in a black ditch rank with sewage, the men wield their pickaxes and shovels with a muffled thump against the stubborn clay, while women in flowered dresses wearily bend to heft out chunks of mud barehanded. It is brutal work, especially in...Tags: Building Material, Disasters, Politics, Social Issues, Foreign Aid
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Aftershock: What will this tragedy do to the American psyche?
Tribune staff reporterIn the aftermath of Tuesday's catastrophe, when people confronted with unmitigated horror reached for something within their experience to compare it with, the event most often cited was Pearl Harbor. The surface parallels were there. Almost certainly,...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Justice and Rights, Health, Explosions, University of Chicago
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No hurricanes hit U.S. in 2000
Sun-SentinelAlthough there were 14 named storms, five more than usual, no hurricanes made landfall in the United States in 2000, which hadn't happened since 1994. Still, two tropical storms, Gordon and Helene, did strike Florida's West Coast in September, causing...Tags: Disasters, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Death, Hurricane Damage, National Hurricane Center
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Sign makers should see boom
Sentinel Staff WriterIt's a sign of the times -- signs of all sizes and shapes littering the ground. A trio of hurricanes flattened the outdoor advertising of companies large and small throughout Central Florida. Big signs, little signs, wooden signs, metal signs, banners...Tags: Disasters, Port Orange, Hurricanes, Advertising, Florida
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Everglades visitors
Tribune staff reporter1948: 7,482 1949: 94,927 1950: 123,405 1956: 266,960 1961: 566,771 1966: 1,017,067 1971: 1,293,236 1972: 1,773,302 1974: 1,000,046 1983: 579,944 1988: 1,071,372 1994: 981,944 1998: 1,177,477 1999: 1,141,443 Officials attribute fluctuations...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Gardens and Parks, Money and Monetary Policy, National Parks, Travel
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In the storm's wake, 'we're all different'
Sun-SentinelThe crack in the window is 10 years old. It's a small fissure in the glass. It doesn't leak. It allows no air to pass and it bares no sharp edge. In fact, framed by a repainted casement and surrounded by tastefully redone walls, it has to be pointed out...Tags: Insurance, Building Material, Disasters, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Emergency Incidents
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U.S. Braces For A Fall As Markets Reopen
U.S. stock markets prepared to reopen today amid widespread expectations of an initial plunge in stock prices and enormous uncertainty about what will happen after that. In an attempt to prevent too steep a drop, major financial firms and other...Tags: Consumers, Insurance, Cisco Systems Inc., Politics, NBC (tv network)
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Zoo to close after taking big beating
Sun-Sentinel(Published Aug. 25, 1992) Metrozoo suffered perhaps $20 million in damage and may not reopen for as long as six months because of Hurricane Andrew`s destruction, Zoo Director Bob Yokel said on Monday. ``We`ve been in the process of building this place...Tags: Health, Disasters, Meteorological Disasters, Hospitals and Clinics, Natural Disasters
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Dade residents stunned as storm shatters lives
Sun-Sentinel(Published Aug. 25, 1992) When light came to Dade County on Monday, it brought a dark lesson in the power of nature. As he chewed his way through towns and cities from parts of Coral Gables to Florida City, Hurricane Andrew taught stunned residents...Tags: Assault, Building Material, Disasters, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Florida City
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Damage: $20 billion
Sun-Sentinel(Published Aug. 26, 1992) Hurricane Andrew turned the lower third of Dade County into a stricken landscape of 50,000 homeless citizens running out of water, food and hope. Damage estimates from Andrew reached $20 billion, making it by far the costliest...Tags: Health, Disasters, Bars and Clubs, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Florida City
Nov 30, 2000
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Jul 7, 2000
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Aug 28, 2000
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Sep 14, 2001
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May 28, 2001
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Sep 28, 2004
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Feb 27, 2000
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Aug 24, 2002
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Sep 17, 2001
|Story| Hartford Courant
Aug 25, 1992
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Aug 25, 1992
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Aug 26, 1992
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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