Saturday, June 17, 2006

Atlantic sees first storm of new hurricane season

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(Globe & Mail) from United States of America.

Miami -- The first tropical storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season, Alberto, formed off Cuba yesterday and appeared headed toward Florida, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

The storm was about 605 kilometres west of Key West, Fla., in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday.

Alberto is a wake-up call for U.S. coastal residents battered by eight hurricanes in the past two years, including Hurricane Katrina -- the most costly and one of the deadliest natural disasters in U.S. history.

Alberto has dumped heavy rain on Cuba and was predicted to make landfall tomorrow, crossing the northern part of Florida and then entering the Atlantic. Reuters


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