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Tropical storm ‘Bud’ lashes Mexico, new storm forms in Atlantic
Tropical Storm Bud lashed the west coast of Mexico late Friday, but the first serious eastern Pacific storm of the 2012 season was rapidly losing strength, giving Mexican emergency officials some respite. However, a new storm named Beryl has formed in the Atlantic, threatening to disrupt the plans of thousands…
First tropical storm of season forms off U.S. east coast
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…
Friday Random Ten “Looks Like Rain” Edition
The forecasters are telling Austinites that we may or may not be hit by a tropical storm as Hurricane Ike hits ground. Worst case scenario: 70 mph winds and rain. This seems certain enough that the Longhorns did the unthinkable and rescheduled a football game. But I’m not going to…
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