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Special Reports Storms of the Century: 1928 Palm Beach/Lake Okeechobee Hurricane 1919 Keys/Corpus Christi Hurricane 1926 Miami Hurricane 1928 Palm Beach/Lake Okeechobee Hurricane 1953 Flint/Worcester Tornadoes 1954 Hurricane Hazel 1955 Hurricane Diane Floods 1957 Hurricane Audrey 1960 Hurricane Donna 1962 Pacific Northwest Big Blow1965 Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak1972 Rapid City Flash Flood 1976 Big Thompson Canyon Flash Flood 1977 Johnstown Flash Flood 1978 New England Blizzard 1985 OH/PA Tornado Outbreak 1989 Hurricane Hugo 1991 Halloween "Perfect" Storm 1996 Blizzard 1999 Hurricane Floyd Floods The 1928 Palm Beach/Lake Okeechobee Hurricane was the country's deadliest since the Galveston hurricane of 1900....

LAKE WALES -- On his way to the first presidential debate in Miami, President Bush will stop in storm-battered Lake Wales today. A White House spokesman said the president will arrive at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa this afternoon and travel by helicopter to Lake Wales. His exact schedule was not released, but reporters and photographers accompanying him were told to be at the base at 1 p.m. for the short flight to Polk County. The St. Petersburg Times said Bush will take a walking tour of orange groves. Polk County's citrus industry has been devastated by the series...

...But none of that impressed me the way Jeb Bush did. Not for standing tall and radiating calm in crisis - you expect a governor to do that - but for a gesture that most Floridians might gloss over or even resent. As he has done with this season's other hurricanes, whenever he had a press briefing at the state Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee, Bush explained himself not only in English but in Spanish. Then, according to his spokesman, Jacob DiPietre, Bush did something many of us never saw. He repeated his message in interviews with Spanish language TV...

Tornado Rips Through Northern Delaware NEW CASTLE COUNTY- We are getting more of an idea of how much damage a tornado did to a Delaware airport. The twister ripped through the New Castle County airport just after 4 this afternoon. The Delaware Air National Guard says 5 of its giant C-130 cargo planes were damaged. One was actually tipped over on its wing. DENREC reports 15 thousand gallons of aviation fuel spilled out. The airport terminal was also damaged. Despite all that, there are no reports of major injuries.

The Liberal government has snubbed a Canadian Forces offer to deploy a special emergency relief team to help Haitians devastated by tropical storms. Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew said Canada will be "generous" in its response to Haiti's needs, but so far the feds have limited aid to $2 million. Canadian Navy Lieut. Luc Charron said the military has offered up its Kingston-based Disaster Assistance Relief Team (DART), which specializes in entering disaster zones to meet basic needs such as water, medical treatment and security. Charron said the team of 200-plus soldiers is on 48-hour standby, waiting on the Liberal...

9am: FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES CONTINUE FOR PORTIONS OF GEORGIA...SOUTH CAROLINA...NORTH CAROLINA...VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...DELMARVA PENNINSULA...WEST VIRGINIA...PENNSYLVANIA...AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK. Mecklenburg County flooding Mobile Home in Alcolu, S.C Rainfall amounts as of 2:00 am. NORTH CAROLINA... MONROE 2.67 WINSTON-SALEM 2.46 GREENSBORO 2.35 ASHEVILLE 2.04 CHARLOTTE 1.94 GASTONIA 1.80 HICKORY 1.78 BEAUFORT 1.52 HATTERAS 1.33

Haiti Flood Deaths Climb; Food Supplies Tight 6 minutes ago By Joseph Guyler Delva GONAIVES, Haiti (Reuters) - More than a week after devastating floods hit northern Haiti the death count rose sharply as reports came in from remote areas on Monday and aid workers struggled to feed thousands of desperate people. The estimated toll from the floods triggered by Tropical Storm Jeanne climbed to about 2,400 after a parish priest reported "a total disaster" in small towns in Poteau, a region outside Gonaives. In Gonaives, young men grabbed food from an aid convoy and others robbed women for bags...

President Bush has declared a state of major disaster in the storm-ravaged southern U.S. state of Florida, hit by four strong hurricanes since last month. "Major disaster" status makes Florida eligible for federal emergency funds and relief assistance for residents and businesses. Mr. Bush acted late Sunday after Hurricane Jeanne swept over Florida's central Atlantic coast, lashing the same area raked by another hurricane (Frances) three weeks earlier. Hurricane Jeanne's winds and torrential rains killed six people in the United States and added to an already heavy toll of property damage. But the storm's worst effects were felt in Haiti,...

Jeanne Winds Blow Man Through Plate-Glass Window POSTED: 10:37 am EDT September 26, 2004 UPDATED: 8:43 pm EDT September 26, 2004 A man in Orange County, Fla., was injured Sunday when winds from Hurricane Jeanne lifted him off the ground and blew him through a plate-glass window, according to Local 6 News. CLICK HERE for more images from Hurricane Jeanne. Local 6 News videotaped the rescue moments after the man was tossed through the window of the Ambassador Lodge Hotel on Orange Blossom Trail. The victim was severely cut on both arms and was transported to a local hospital. There...

MIAMI, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Florida's biggest electricity company, Florida Power & Light Co., said on Sunday that this year's successive hurricanes almost certainly exhausted its $350 million storm fund but that it did not expect total repair costs to exceed that figure by much. FPL President Armando Olivera said the company, whose transmission lines have been battered and downed by hurricanes Charley, Frances and now Jeanne, might end up drawing on its credit lines but did not foresee any impact on third-quarter results or future investment plans due to repair costs. "At this point it's way too early to...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The third hurricane to hit NASA's spaceport in just over a month blew out more panels and left more gaping holes in the massive shuttle assembly building, but overall damage was not as severe as feared, a space agency official said Sunday. "Where there's obviously some more damage, it doesn't look appreciably worse than it did," said NASA spokesman George Diller, part of a 206-member team that spent the night barricaded inside the Kennedy Space Center. "We just had a prayer service with the base chaplain because we all felt so relieved that we came out...

Jeanne Tears Across Bahamas Toward Fla. Sep 25, 5:12 PM (ET) By JILL BARTON WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Hurricane Jeanne got stronger, bigger and faster as it battered the Bahamas and bore down on Florida Saturday, forcing hundreds of thousands more residents to hurriedly shutter their homes ahead of its anticipated devastating punch. About 2 million people were urged to evacuate from Florida City to the Georgia border as Jeanne strengthened to 115 mph from 105 mph earlier in the day. It was expected to come ashore late Saturday or early Sunday somewhere on the state's central Atlantic...

Here in Vero Beach. Don't look forward to this hurricane. I don't look forward to dealing more with State Farm. They have totally ripped us off from Frances. We had major, major damage.. all shingles, all tar paper; all ceiling down on the floor (save one room)along with blown in insulation. Major water damage. You can see all the tape seams on wall drywall.. can see where it is nailed. The adjuster says all the wallboard is still good in spite of this. He even tried to prove the drywall was still good by pushing on it. His hand went...

Thought a thread in Breaking News for the weekend covering Hurricane Jeanne would be a good thing. Post your link, pics, updates and freeper check-in's here

Hurricane Jeanne Advisory Number 47...Corrected Statement as of 5:00 am EDT on September 25, 2004 ...Corrected to add headline and storm tides along the Florida West Coast... ...Jeanne moving westward toward the abaco islands...expected to intensify into a category three hurricane... A Hurricane Warning is in effect along the Florida East Coast from Florida City northward to St. Augustine...including Lake Okeechobee. A Hurricane Warning is also in effect for the northwestern Bahamas...including the Abacos...Andros Island...Berry Islands...Bimini...Eleuthera...Grand Bahama Island...and New Providence. Preparations to protect life and property throughout the Hurricane Warning area should be rushed to completion. A Hurricane Watch remains...

Fears were growing for remote L'iles de la Tortue, which was was hit by a tsunami. Yolette Etienne, Oxfam's Haiti spokeswoman, said: "The situation is extremely serious. I don't know how much more we can take. It is difficult to assess the extent of the crisis, but many have died and others have had their homes and livelihoods destroyed.

000 WTNT31 KNHC 240833 TCPAT1 BULLETIN HURRICANE JEANNE ADVISORY NUMBER 43 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 AM EDT FRI SEP 24 2004 AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS...INCLUDING THE ABACOS...ANDROS ISLAND...BERRY ISLANDS...BIMINI...ELEUTHERA...GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND...AND NEW PROVIDENCE. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS...INCLUDING CAT ISLAND...THE EXUMAS...LONG ISLAND...RUM CAY...AND SAN SALVADOR. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM...

GONAIVES, Haiti -- Hungry, thirsty and increasingly desperate residents attacked each other in a panic to get scarce food and water Thursday as workers struggled to bury hundreds of corpses six days after the city was struck by Tropical Storm Jeanne. More than 1,100 were killed and 1,250 are missing, and the toll was rising. The storm left 250,000 homeless in Haiti's northwest province, which includes the port of Gonaives. Health workers feared an epidemic of disease in the country's third-largest city from the unburied dead, overflowing raw sewage, lack of potable water, and infections from injuries. Some people already...

Emergency workers in Haiti are scouring through sewage and knee-high mud in search of survivors and victims of Tropical Storm Jeanne, which has left more than 1,000 people dead. Haitian officials say at least 1,000 other people are missing, and the death toll could climb as high as 2,000. Most of the victims were in the northwestern coastal city of Gonaives. Reports from the area say sewage and animal carcasses litter the streets, and the stench is unbearable. Workers are burying the dead in mass graves. Health officials fear an outbreak of illnesses, including malaria and tetanus. Jeanne has regained...

Hurricane JEANNE 000 WTNT31 KNHC 232028 TCPAT1 BULLETIN HURRICANE JEANNE ADVISORY NUMBER  41 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 PM EDT THU SEP 23 2004 ...JEANNE MOVING A LITTLE FASTER TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST... ...EXPECTED TO TURN WESTWARD BY FRIDAY...   A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS.  A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN 36 HOURS.   A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS... INCLUDING CAT ISLAND...THE EXUMAS...LONG ISLAND...RUM CAY...AND SAN SALVADOR.   INTERESTS ON THE FLORIDA PENINSULA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Haitian-Americans throughout Florida tried desperately to find out whether their relatives and friends survived the deadly floods caused by Tropical Storm Jeanne. The death toll across Haiti from the weekend deluges rose to more than 700, with about 600 of them in the northern city of Gonaives, and officials said they expected to find more dead and estimated tens of thousands of people were homeless. As the extent of Haiti's catastrophe became known, support from governmental and religious agencies began to flow in Tuesday. Food for the Poor in Delray Beach prepared to send 25 tractor...

Tropical Storm Jeanne Kills Over 500 in Haiti September 20, 2004 GONAIVES, Haiti — The death toll from a tropical storm that devastated parts of Haiti rose to 573 late Monday as search crews recovered hundreds of bodies carried away by raging weekend floods or buried by mud or the ruins of their homes, officials said. The bodies of at least 500 people killed by Tropical Storm Jeanne (search) were filling morgues in Gonaives, according to Toussaint Kongo-Doudou, a spokesman for the U.N. mission. Fifty-six were killed in northern Port-de-Paix and 17 died in the nearby town of Terre Neuve,...

GONAIVES, Haiti - The death toll from a tropical storm that devastated parts of Haiti rose to 573 late Monday as search crews recovered dozens of bodies carried away by raging weekend floods or buried by mud or the ruins of their homes, officials said. The bodies of at least 500 people killed by Tropical Storm Jeanne were filling morgues in Gonaives, according to Touissaint Kongo-Doudou, a spokesman for the U.N. mission. Fifty-six were in northern Port-de-Paix, and 17 more were located elsewhere on the Caribbean island. “The water is high. As it goes down, we expect to find...

Uh, I don't want to be an alarmist, but based on the 5PM discussion on the 'remnants' of Hurricane Ivan, the position and forecast of TS Jeanne and the cold front that swept down from the north recently, I am a little concerned.

Bulletin Tropical Storm Jeanne Advisory Number 14 NWS TPC/National Hurricane Center Miami FL 11 PM Ast Thu Sep 16 2004 ...Jeanne Moving Slowly Along The Northern Coast Of The Dominican Republic... A Tropical Storm Warning Remains In Effect For The Island Of Hispaniola From Le Mole St Nicholas Haiti Eastward To Santo Domingo. A Hurricane Warning Remains In Effect For The Southeastern Bahamas...Including The Acklins...Crooked Island...The Inaguas...Mayaguana...And The Ragged Islands...As Well As For The Turks And Caicos Islands. A Hurricane Watch Remains In Effect For The Central Bahamas... Including Cat Island...The Exumas...Long Island...Rum Cay...And San Salvador. Interests In The Northwestern...

Hurricane Jeanne Intermediate Advisory Number 11a Statement as of 8:00 am AST on September 16, 2004 ...Jeanne becomes a hurricane...the 6th of the 2004 season...near the eastern tip of Hispaniola... a Hurricane Warning is now in effect for the eastern and northern coasts of the Dominican Republic from La Plata southward to Isla Saona. A Tropical Storm Warning and a Hurricane Watch are in effect along the northern coast of the Dominican Republic from west of Puerto Plata westward to Monte Cristo. This area will likely be upgraded to a Hurricane Warning later this morning. A Tropical Storm Warning and...

TNT31 KNHC 150244 TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM JEANNE ADVISORY NUMBER 6 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 11 PM AST TUE SEP 14 2004 A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN COASTS OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM CABRERA SOUTHWARD TO SANTO DOMINGO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS...ST. KITTS...AND NEVIS. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD ALSO AFFECT THE REMAINDER OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER...

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