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Dangerous Hurricane IRMA is heading toward our neck-of-the-woods!

Eight days ago, on 27 August 2017,  just as we watched the catastrophe of Hurricane HARVEY unfolding in Texas, a strong tropical wave originally formed near the head of the Nile River in eastern Africa fed by moisture from the … Continue reading

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In the aftermath of Harvey the tropical north Atlantic is agitated!

A bit more than two weeks ago one more tropical wave emerged from equatorial Africa over the waters of the eastern Atlantic, south of the Cape Verde Islands. By August 18th if was morphing into a tropical storm over the … Continue reading

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