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U.S. officials urge hurricane preparation

Tents are erected in 1992 to house those who were left homeless by Hurricane Andrew. (AFP)

The 2012 Atlantic hurricane season officially began Friday — and although the forecast is for a “less active” season than in the past, US officials urged residents to prepare for the worst. Officials raised the specter of Hurricane Andrew, the powerful storm that ripped up south Florida 20 years ago during a year of…

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Storm threatens big U.S. beach weekend

An image obtained from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration GOES Project shows Storm Bud (AFP)

The southeastern US coast braced for the arrival of a subtropical storm that threatened Memorial Day holiday plans for hordes of beachgoers. Subtropical storm Beryl formed overnight in the Atlantic off the coast of South Carolina as rains generated by Bud — once a hurricane but now a rapidly weakening tropical depression — pelted Mexico’s Pacific coast. As Mexican authorities breathed…

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First tropical storm of season forms off U.S. east coast

The first tropical storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season formed Saturday off the southeastern US coast with winds of 45 miles (AFP)

The first tropical storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane seasonformed Saturday off the southeastern US coast with winds of 45 miles (75 kilometers) per hour, US weather forecasters said. Dubbed “Alberto,” the storm was 140 miles (225 kilometers) southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, moving southwest at a speed of three miles (six kilometers) per…

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