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According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, these storms can whip up walls of dust as high as 10,000 feet.
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Winds on Cape Cod could gust as high as 50 to 60 mph, forecasters said on Thursday. The area is now under a tropical storm warning. -
Over the last ten years, rip currents have killed more people in the United States than tornadoes or hurricanes. This year has already been particularly bad with 76 deaths reported through August. -
A cooling trend in the San Diego area continues Wednesday into Thursday followed by slight warming into Saturday, the National Weather Service said. -
The current forecast track shows Lee's center moving toward Maine's coastal border with Canada. But its effects could reach as far south as New York. -
Mid- and high-level moisture and clouds were expected to move east across San Diego County early Tuesday as drier westerly flow develops, the National Weather Service said. -
At least hundreds of people have died and thousands are feared missing in eastern Libya after Storm Daniel swept in, destroying dams and unleashing a torrent of muddy water that carried homes away. -
The confirmed death toll from the weekend flooding did not include Derna, which was inaccessible, and many of the thousands missing there were believed carried away by waters after two dams burst. -
The powerful Category 3 storm is restrengthening as it moves northwest, but currently poses no immediate threat to people on land, according to the National Hurricane Center. -
Lee's sheer power is expected to bring dangerous beach conditions to Puerto Rico, the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos over the weekend. Its effects on the U.S. East Coast are still unclear. -
Hurricane Lee strengthened to a Category 5 storm late Thursday night, forecasters said, and could present potentially dangerous beach conditions on the U.S. East Coast as early as this Sunday.
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