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In August, 2005, Anand Irimpen, a cardiologist and a professor at Tulane University, evacuated New Orleans during the approach of Hurricane Katrina. He and his family watched it make landfall from a ...

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Hurricane Melissa made landfall on Jamaica Tuesday as an "extremely dangerous" Category 5 storm with catastrophic winds, flash flooding and storm surge expected on the island, forecasters said.

The Capital Region and most of New York are bracing for a widespread soaking and gusty winds from a developing storm that will hit Thursday into Friday. It happens to coincide with the anniversary of ...

Hurricane Melissa, an intense Category 5 storm, brought violent winds and heavy rainfall to Jamaica after making landfall Tuesday and continues to threaten parts of the Caribbean as it tracks through.

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