Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:01:17 GMT
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US Cape Cod greets Earl with plywood and grumbling
(Reuters)
Reuters - Residents and business owners in the beach communities of Cape Cod and nearby islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard hung plywood over their shop windows on Friday and rued the arrival of Hurricane Earl, which appeared set to spoil their holiday weekend. |
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:36:11 GMT
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Weakening Hurricane Earl swipes U.S. east, no big hit
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Hurricane Earl slapped North Carolina's coast with heavy wind and surf on Friday and then weakened as it swirled up the U.S. eastern seaboard toward New England and Canada as a much tamer storm than feared.
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:26:54 GMT
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Earl sideswipes NC, takes aim at New England
(AP)
 AP - A weakening Hurricane Earl swiped past North Carolina on Friday on its way to New England, where officials warned residents that it still packed dangerous winds that could topple trees or damage the area's picturesque gray-shingled cottages.
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:21:06 GMT
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The nation's weather
(AP)
 AP - Hurricane Earl had lost some of its strength and was at category 2 strength with winds up to 105 mph early Friday off North Carolina's coast.
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:39:14 GMT
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Hurricane Earl glances North Carolina, races up US coast
(AFP)
 AFP - A weakened but still nasty Hurricane Earl lashed the US East Coast on Friday with heavy winds and high surf, triggering warnings clear up to Canada after dealing a glancing blow to North Carolina.
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:02:47 GMT
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Typhoon kills 5 South Koreans
(AP)
 AP - The death toll from Typhoon Kompasu, which battered the Korean peninsula with strong winds and heavy rains, rose to five in South Korea, an official said Friday.
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:50:41 GMT
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Hurricane Alley Heats Up with Stormy Threesome
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Three swirling storms are roaring across the Atlantic with
nervous East Coast residents keeping a close eye on the conveyor belt of tropical
activity as hurricane season enters its busiest time. |
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:19:00 GMT
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Hurricane Earl path stretches from North Carolina to Boston Harbor
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Hurricane Earl, some 300 miles south of North Carolina's Cape Hatteras, has now prompted tropical-storm or hurricane warnings from the Tar Heel State's coast to the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border. |
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:33:21 GMT
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Powerful 7.4 quake hits New Zealand's South Island
(AP)
 AP - A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early Saturday. No tsunami alert was issued and there were no reports of injuries.
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:40:24 GMT
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NHC Report: Gaston still a depression, headed to Caribbean
(Reuters)
Reuters - Recently-downgraded Gaston remained a tropical depression on Thursday as it churned west-northwest in the central Atlantic on a path that will likely take it into the Caribbean Sea, the National Hurricane Center said Thursday. |
