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4 February 2012

Earl ushers in stormy September

31 August 2010

A marked uptick in tropical storm activity occurred right on cue last week with the approach of September.

The month is historically the most active for storm activity with 47 percent of all hurricanes since 1851 occurring in the month.

Over the weekend, Hurricane Earl strengthened to category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale.

The National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said that the centre of Earl is located around 150 miles north north-west of San Juan Puerto Rico and around...

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