Hurricane: the greatest storm on earth.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1971Description: 34p., 23 refs, illReport number: National Government; UNDRO-0479Subject: Along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, the nominal hurricane season is from June through November. Early in the season, the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico are the principal areas of origin; in July and August, this center shifts eastward and by September spreads from the Bahamas southeastward to the Lesser Antilles, and eastward to the Cape Verde islands off the west coast of Africa. In an average year there will be fewer than 10 tropical cyclones, of which about six will develop into hurricanes. These will kill 50 or 100 persons between Texas and Maine, and cause property damage of more than $100 million. At the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration the tempo is increasing. From the National Hurricane Center in Miami, a radar fence reaches westward to Texas, northward to New England, providing NOAA National Weather Service station along the coast a 200 mile look into offshore disturbances
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Along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, the nominal hurricane season is from June through November. Early in the season, the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico are the principal areas of origin; in July and August, this center shifts eastward and by September spreads from the Bahamas southeastward to the Lesser Antilles, and eastward to the Cape Verde islands off the west coast of Africa. In an average year there will be fewer than 10 tropical cyclones, of which about six will develop into hurricanes. These will kill 50 or 100 persons between Texas and Maine, and cause property damage of more than $100 million. At the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration the tempo is increasing. From the National Hurricane Center in Miami, a radar fence reaches westward to Texas, northward to New England, providing NOAA National Weather Service station along the coast a 200 mile look into offshore disturbances
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