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| | As expected, hurricane season was busy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | The season, which led to months of cleanup, officially ends today and supports forecasters' long-term prediction that several decades of relatively quiet Atlantic storm seasons are over. |
 | | All of this season's major hurricanes - Bret, Cindy, Floyd, Gert and Lenny - ranked as Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson damage potential scale, characterized by top sustained winds of 131 mph to 155 mph. |
 | | Hurricane Floyd was the most destructive in the USA in 1999, destroying or damaging 12,000 homes. |
| www.usatoday.com /weather/huricane/1999/whgray99.htm (746 words) |
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