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Mayor fears city too weary to flee Ike. New Orleans
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Gustav evacuees urged to stay away. New Orleans
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Gustav slams into Gulf Coast. New Orleans
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Hundreds of thousands flee coast New Orleans: About 1.9 million of Louisiana's 2 million coastal residents had fled ahead of Hurricane Gustav in the largest evacuation in state history
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City declares storm curfew. New Orleans
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New Orleaners told to flee Gustav. New Orleans
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Cuba, Gulf Coast braced for Gustav
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Mayor fears city too weary to flee Ike New Orleans: Hurricane Ike was expected to gain strength as it barreled toward the Texas-Louisiana border
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New Orleans ready for mass return
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Gustav evacuees urged to stay away New Orleans: Hurricane Gustav didn't pack the wallop of Katrina three years earlier; 2 million evacuees to stay away from the Gulf Coast for another day
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Gustav slams into Gulf Coast New Orleans: Hurricane-force winds slammed into oil terminals around Port Fourchon, southwest of New Orleans
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Hundreds of thousands flee coast| New Orleans: About 1.9 million of Louisiana's 2 million coastal residents had fled ahead of Hurricane Gustav in the largest evacuation in state history. More than 200,000 people have left New Orleans. Forecasters warned... | |
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City declares storm curfew New Orleans: Mayor Ray Nagin has put the city under curfew from sunset to dawn as Hurricane Gustav approaches. Residents have been fleeing in thousands
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New Orleaners told to flee Gustav New Orleans: The mayor Ray Nagin has issued a mandatory evacuation order for the entire city, as the hurricane bears down on the Gulf Coast
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Cuba, Gulf Coast braced for Gustav Winds increased to near 145 mph as it threatened the western tip of Cuba as a Category 4 hurricane
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| May.31 |
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TB patient moved from Atlanta quarantine. US Georgia
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| Mar.2 |
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Deadly US tornadoes damage south. Alabama
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| Oct.6 |
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Thousands told to flee blast. North Carolina
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| Aug.29 |
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Bush marks hurricane anniversary. New Orleans
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| May.31 |
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City 'sinking even faster'. New Orleans
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| Apr.8 |
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Killer storms pummel Southeast. Tennessee
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| Mar.23 |
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Katrina lost child mission ends |
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| Jan.24 |
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Katrina warnings 'went unheeded' |
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| Oct.4 |
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Search for Katrina bodies is over |
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| Sep.28 |
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Morgue boss: 'These are horrible times'. New Orleans
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| Sep.26 |
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Rita search, rescue complete in Louisiana
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| Sep.25 |
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Evacuees return home after Rita |
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| Sep.24 |
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Rescuers comb wetlands after Rita Louisiana: People who defied orders to evacuate from the Cajun swamps of Louisiana are being sought by rescue teams
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Rita downgraded to Category 1. Texas
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| Sep.23 |
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Storm overcomes levee New Orleans: Water is pouring over a patched-up levee, increasing fears that rains brought by Rita could flood the city again
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| Sep.22 |
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Massive traffic jams as Texans flee Rita Texas: Hundreds of thousands in Texas and Louisiana were loading up their cars and fleeing inland
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| Sep.20 |
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Fresh storm threatens flood-hit city. New Orleans
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City may lose 160,000 homes. New Orleans
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| Sep.10 |
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Red Cross calls for storm workers. USA
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Police hunt for dead New Orleans: City police are making the recovery of bodies of Hurricane Katrina victims top priority
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| Sep.6 |
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Flood survivors 'must leave city' New Orleans: The mayor has ordered the forced evacuation of people refusing to leave, amid fears of serious threats to health
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Water pumped from flood-hit city. New Orleans
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| Sep.5 |
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Bush vows massive relief effort. New Orleans
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Residents return New Orleans: The residents of Jefferson Parish got their first look. Bush arrives in Baton Rouge to see devastation
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| Sep.4 |
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House-to-house rescues under way New Orleans: Military helicopters circled above the city to drop supplies and rescue people trapped in the nearly deserted city
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Thousands of deaths predicted New Orleans: Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt: it is evident number of people killed is in the thousands
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Massive airlift rescues thousands| New Orleans: Survivors of Hurricane Katrina are being taken to safety in what is being called the largest-ever airlift in the country | |
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Fires burn along river; rescue grinds on. New Orleans
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Troops ordered to hurricane zone. New Orleans
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| Sep.2 |
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Hurricane aid efforts gather pace. New Orleans
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'Desperate SOS' for city| New Orleans: Mayor Ray Nagin has issued a 'desperate SOS' for thousands of people stranded at the city's convention center | |
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Up to 60,000 trying to flee city New Orleans: Police and National Guard troops struggled to restore order. Looters and armed gangs were roaming the streets
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| Aug.31 |
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Katrina will scar US 'for years'. New Orleans
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City evacuations under way New Orleans: Bush called the disaster 'one of the worst natural disasters in our nation's history'
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| Aug.30 |
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'Up to 80' dead in hurricane. New Orleans
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| Aug.29 |
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Dozens feared dead after storm New Orleans: At least 50 people were killed in one county alone. The storm is causing up to $25bn of damage
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Hurricane Katrina lashes coast Map of http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/americas/05/katrina/html/default.stm New Orleans: 1,836 people lost their lives in the hurricane and in the subsequent floods
| The costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast as far as 100 miles from the storm's center. Parts of New Orleans are flooded with up to 6 feet of water after some of the pumps failed. The storm is estimated to have been responsible for $81.2 billion in damage
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| Aug.28 |
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Katrina may be 'our Asian tsunami'. New Orleans
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City evacuated as storm nears New Orleans: The mayor has ordered hundreds of thousands of people to flee the city as Hurricane Katrina nears
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Katrina now Category 5| New Orleans: New Orleans Mayor declared a state of emergency and ordered a mandatory evacuation of the city | |
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| Aug.27 |
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Gulf Coast residents urged to get out. New Orleans
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Ivan's eye bears down on Alabama
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| Sep.17 |
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Residents flee hurricane. Virginia
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| Sep.16 |
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Coast boards up, flees Hurricane Isabel. North Carolina
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| May.5 |
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Tornadoes kill 38
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| Oct.3 |
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Lili hits Louisiana, loses strength
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| Sep.3 |
Fires burn along river; rescue grinds on. New Orleans
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| Sep.2 |
New Orleans ready for mass return
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| Sep.28 |
Morgue boss: 'These are horrible times'. New Orleans
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| Sep.23 |
Storm overcomes levee New Orleans: Water is pouring over a patched-up levee, increasing fears that rains brought by Rita could flood the city again
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| Sep.13 |
City may lose 160,000 homes. New Orleans
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| Sep.10 |
Police hunt for dead New Orleans: City police are making the recovery of bodies of Hurricane Katrina victims top priority
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| Sep.6 |
Flood survivors 'must leave city' New Orleans: The mayor has ordered the forced evacuation of people refusing to leave, amid fears of serious threats to health
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| Sep.6 |
Water pumped from flood-hit city. New Orleans
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| Oct.6 |
Thousands told to flee blast. North Carolina
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| Sep.26 |
Rita search, rescue complete in Louisiana
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| Sep.24 |
Rescuers comb wetlands after Rita Louisiana: People who defied orders to evacuate from the Cajun swamps of Louisiana are being sought by rescue teams
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| Sep.10 |
Red Cross calls for storm workers. USA
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| Sep.4 |
House-to-house rescues under way New Orleans: Military helicopters circled above the city to drop supplies and rescue people trapped in the nearly deserted city
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| Sep.3 |
Massive airlift rescues thousands| New Orleans: Survivors of Hurricane Katrina are being taken to safety in what is being called the largest-ever airlift in the country | |
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| Sep.3 |
Troops ordered to hurricane zone. New Orleans
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| Sep.2 |
Hurricane aid efforts gather pace. New Orleans
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| Sep.1 |
'Desperate SOS' for city| New Orleans: Mayor Ray Nagin has issued a 'desperate SOS' for thousands of people stranded at the city's convention center | |
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| Sep.1 |
Up to 60,000 trying to flee city New Orleans: Police and National Guard troops struggled to restore order. Looters and armed gangs were roaming the streets
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| Aug.31 |
City evacuations under way New Orleans: Bush called the disaster 'one of the worst natural disasters in our nation's history'
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| May.31 |
TB patient moved from Atlanta quarantine. US Georgia
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| 2006 |
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| Mar.23 |
Katrina lost child mission ends |
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| 2008 |
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| Sep.8 |
Mayor fears city too weary to flee Ike New Orleans: Hurricane Ike was expected to gain strength as it barreled toward the Texas-Louisiana border
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| Sep.1 |
Gustav evacuees urged to stay away New Orleans: Hurricane Gustav didn't pack the wallop of Katrina three years earlier; 2 million evacuees to stay away from the Gulf Coast for another day
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| Sep.1 |
Gustav slams into Gulf Coast New Orleans: Hurricane-force winds slammed into oil terminals around Port Fourchon, southwest of New Orleans
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| Aug.31 |
Hundreds of thousands flee coast| New Orleans: About 1.9 million of Louisiana's 2 million coastal residents had fled ahead of Hurricane Gustav in the largest evacuation in state history. More than 200,000 people have left New Orleans. Forecasters warned... | |
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| Aug.31 |
City declares storm curfew New Orleans: Mayor Ray Nagin has put the city under curfew from sunset to dawn as Hurricane Gustav approaches. Residents have been fleeing in thousands
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| Aug.30 |
New Orleaners told to flee Gustav New Orleans: The mayor Ray Nagin has issued a mandatory evacuation order for the entire city, as the hurricane bears down on the Gulf Coast
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| Aug.30 |
Cuba, Gulf Coast braced for Gustav Winds increased to near 145 mph as it threatened the western tip of Cuba as a Category 4 hurricane
| 2007 |
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| Mar.2 |
Deadly US tornadoes damage south. Alabama
| 2006 |
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| Aug.29 |
Bush marks hurricane anniversary. New Orleans
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| Apr.8 |
Killer storms pummel Southeast. Tennessee
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| Sep.25 |
Evacuees return home after Rita |
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| Sep.24 |
Rita downgraded to Category 1. Texas
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| Sep.22 |
Massive traffic jams as Texans flee Rita Texas: Hundreds of thousands in Texas and Louisiana were loading up their cars and fleeing inland
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| Sep.20 |
Fresh storm threatens flood-hit city. New Orleans
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| Aug.30 |
'Up to 80' dead in hurricane. New Orleans
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| Aug.29 |
Dozens feared dead after storm New Orleans: At least 50 people were killed in one county alone. The storm is causing up to $25bn of damage
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| Aug.29 |
Hurricane Katrina lashes coast Map of http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/americas/05/katrina/html/default.stm New Orleans: 1,836 people lost their lives in the hurricane and in the subsequent floods
| The costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast as far as 100 miles from the storm's center. Parts of New Orleans are flooded with up to 6 feet of water after some of the pumps failed. The storm is estimated to have been responsible for $81.2 billion in damage
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| Aug.28 |
Katrina may be 'our Asian tsunami'. New Orleans
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| Aug.28 |
City evacuated as storm nears New Orleans: The mayor has ordered hundreds of thousands of people to flee the city as Hurricane Katrina nears
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| Aug.28 |
Katrina now Category 5| New Orleans: New Orleans Mayor declared a state of emergency and ordered a mandatory evacuation of the city | |
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| Aug.27 |
Gulf Coast residents urged to get out. New Orleans
| 2004 |
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| Sep.15 |
Ivan's eye bears down on Alabama
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| Sep.17 |
Residents flee hurricane. Virginia
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| Sep.16 |
Coast boards up, flees Hurricane Isabel. North Carolina
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| May.5 |
Tornadoes kill 38
| 2002 |
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| Oct.3 |
Lili hits Louisiana, loses strength
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