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	Hurricane Frances -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Frances then moved northward into (A state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War) Georgia where it weakened to a (Click link for more info and facts about tropical depression) tropical depression.
		Frances moved extremely slowly, from 5 to 10 mi/h (8 to 16 km/h), as it crossed the warm (A warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico northward through the Atlantic Ocean) gulf stream between the Bahamas and Florida, leading to fears it could rapidly restrengthen.
		Because of the impact the storm, the name "Frances" was retired in the (A metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed) Spring of 2005 by the (The United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data) World Meteorological Organization.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hu/hurricane_frances.htm (2258 words)

	Storm 2004 Hurricane Season: Frances
		Frances proceeds to cut a big, soggy path across the heart of Florida, leaving more than a million people in Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast without power and facing days of cleanup because of countless downed trees and power lines, flooded streets and sporadic structural damage.
		Hurricane Ivan is forcing Entergy Corp. of New Orleans to withdraw the 500 workers who are helping FPL restore power and return them home to prepare for the storm.
		Hurricane Jeanne is churning toward the Bahamas and Florida on a path that would bring it ashore between West Palm Beach and Cape Canaveral early Sunday.
	www.palmbeachpost.com /storm/content/weather/special/storm/2004/atlantic/frances/news.html (9734 words)

	Hurricane Frances (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		As Hurricane Frances bears down on Florida, Air Force reservists are flying directly into the storm to provide data for weather forecasters to help coastal residents evacuate in time to avoid danger.
		The center deemed Frances to be a Category Four Hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale based on reports from the reservists that the storm’s maximum sustained winds are near 145 mph with higher gusts.
		Frances’ hurricane force winds extended up to 80 mile from the center of the storm with tropical storm force winds going out to 185 miles.
	www.afrc.af.mil /News/afrcnews/04117.asp (690 words)

	USATODAY.com - Hurricane Frances floods streets, knocks out power as it crosses Florida (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Frances' wind and water whacked swaths of Florida with fire-hose force Sunday, submerging entire roadways and tearing off rooftops before weakening to a tropical storm and crawling inland with heavy rain.
		Frances razed several mobile homes and made a mess of marinas, throwing dozens of pleasure boats against the shore or on top of each other.
		Frances forced the cancellation of church services across much of the state, but seven people ventured out to attend a service at Miami Lakes United Methodist Church.
	www.usatoday.com /weather/hurricane/2004-09-05-frances-landfall_x.htm (1744 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Americas \| Hurricane Frances 'still a risk'
		Hurricane Frances - now a tropical storm over the Gulf of Mexico - could return to menace the US, having wreaked havoc in Florida over the weekend.
		Despite the damage from Frances, the cost may not be as high as that from the recent Hurricane Charley, which killed 26 people in Florida three weeks ago.
		Hurricane Frances ripped roofs off buildings - including some used to shelter evacuated coastal residents - and tore trees from the ground.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/3630180.stm (459 words)

	New Scientist Breaking News - Hurricane Frances could destroy space shuttles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Hurricane Frances, predicted to hit land 100 kilometres (62 miles) south of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, could cause catastrophic damage to the space shuttles and spacecraft stored there, meteorologists predict.
		If Hurricane Frances hits Florida as a category four, it would mark the first time on record that two category four storms have hit the US in the same year.
		But Frances is twice as large in area as Charley, and its hurricane-force winds extend 140 km (85 miles) from its centre.
	www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=dn6354 (680 words)

	WTVY \| Hurricane Frances
		Hurricane Frances weakened slightly today, but forecasters warned it could pick up strength as it moved near the northern Caribbean islands with 120 miles per hour winds.
		Frances is centered about 300 miles east of the Northern Leeward Islands and was moving west at about 13 miles an hour.
		Frances is the third major hurricane of the Atlantic season, following Alex and Charley.
	www.wtvynews4.com /home/headlines/980341.html (118 words)

	Hurricane andrew, hurricane andrew death, hurricane frances and andrew (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Hurricane Andrew was one of the most destructive hurricanes ever to hit the United States of America, raging from August 16 to August 28 of 1992.
		Hurricane Andrew was one of the most destructive and expensive hurricanes to hit the United States.
		Hurricane Andrew hit Dade Country, Fla., early in the morning of Aug. 24, 1992 as the third-strongest hurricane on record as hitting the USA mainland.
	eyeoffice.com /hurricane-andrew.html (1436 words)

	Frances hits Fla. again, this time in Panhandle - Weather News - MSNBC.com
		Residents of Florida are weathering the brunt of Hurricane Frances.
		Ivan, the fifth hurricane of the year, had sustained wind of near 105 mph and was centered 305 miles east-southeast of Barbados in the central Atlantic.
		Frances charged into Florida’s east coast early Sunday with wind roaring at 115 mph and more than 13 inches of rain, stripping away roofs, smashing boats, eroding away a chunk of Interstate 95 and flooding West Palm Beach streets up to four feet deep.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5876681 (1241 words)

	Hurricane Frances Impact Studies
		Category-2 Hurricane Frances came ashore on the central east coast of Florida on September 5, 2004.
		from Stuart to Vero Beach, FL, the impact of Hurricane Frances in regard to coastal change was not as severe as the impact of 2003's Category-2 Hurricane Isabel (Hurricane Isabel Storm Impact Studies) on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
		This broad impact zone was in contrast to Hurricane Charley's narrow zone of 20-40 km, because of that storm's small size and rapid forward speed that limited the development of storm surge along the coast (Hurricane Charley Storm Impact Studies).
	coastal.er.usgs.gov /hurricanes/frances (511 words)

	CNN.com - Hurricane Frances weakens slightly - Sep 3, 2004
		In contrast, Frances is as big as the state of Texas -- twice the size of Charley -- and is moving slowly over the ocean.
		Once Frances finally hits, it is expected to slow to a near crawl, dumping 7 to 12 inches of rain in its wake and possibly as much as 20 inches on some areas.
		The storm was downgraded late Friday to a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (168 kph), but forecasters warned the storm could strengthen as it moves over warm waters between Florida and the Bahamas.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WEATHER/09/03/hurricane.frances (1160 words)

	USATODAY.com - Florida prepares for another hit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Nearly half a million residents of coastal Florida were advised to evacuate their homes today as Hurricane Frances continued to close in on the already weather-battered Southeast, where more than 30 people died in storms last month.
		Frances is expected to wallop the Florida coast this weekend.
		Frances, churning toward the Bahamas late Wednesday at 15 mph, was expected to slow a bit as the winds steering it toward the USA weakened.
	www.usatoday.com /weather/hurricane/2004-09-01-frances_x.htm (738 words)

	CNN.com - Fury of Frances set to slam Bahamas - Sep 2, 2004
		Wednesday ET, the eye of Frances was 60 miles east-northeast of the southeastern Bahamas, and 585 miles east-southeast of Florida's east coast.
		Florida is still recovering from the effects of Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm that slammed into Charlotte County on the Gulf Coast on August 13, then crossed the state and headed into the Atlantic near Daytona Beach.
		According to the hurricane center, the last time two major hurricanes made landfall in the same year in Florida was 1950, when two Category 3 storms, Hurricane Easy and Hurricane King, struck.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WEATHER/09/01/hurricane.frances (626 words)

	HURRICANE FRANCES
		Of course Mark and I were up late looking at new model runs, satellite images and getting the latest data from the NHC as Frances was blasting her way into the Bahamas with winds of 140mph sustained.
		By 8pm on September 2, Frances' winds were still 140mph but her forward speed was decreasing from 14mph to 9mph and the NHC was saying that Frances would continue to slow down.
		By morning Frances was moving inland slowly and we were in contact with Mark as they were making their way up I-95.
	www.vastormphoto.com /francespg12004.htm (2046 words)

	NOAA News Online (Story 2308)
		EDT, the center of Hurricane Frances was located by NOAA radar and surface observations near latitude 26.7 north, longitude 78.4 west or very near Freeport in the Grand Bahama Island.
		Frances is expected to remain a borderline Category Two or Category Three hurricane until landfall.
		Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 105 miles from the center, and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 185 miles.
	www.noaanews.noaa.gov /stories2004/s2308.htm (724 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Americas \| Heavy cost of Hurricane Frances
		Hurricane Frances hit central Florida on 3 September with winds of 105 mph (169 kph).
		Though Frances was three times the size of Charley, wind speeds were lower.
		The hurricane which cost insurers the most was Hurricane Andrew which struck Florida and the Gulf Coast in August 1992, resulting in $15.5bn (£8.6bn) of insured losses, or about $20.6bn in today's terms.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/world/americas/3684804.stm (278 words)

	APOD: 2004 September 3 - Hurricane Frances Approaches Florida (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Frances, one of the stronger storm systems of modern times, may cross the eastern coast of Florida sometime tomorrow.
		Hurricanes are huge swirling storms with cloud systems typically larger than a state.
		hurricanes in Earth's Western Hemisphere and typhoons in the Eastern Hemisphere, get their immense energy from warm evaporated ocean water.
	antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov /apod/ap040903.html (143 words)

	Hurricane Videocassettes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Hurricane Katrina's maximum winds at landfall captured on video as the killer tidal surge marched inland.
		Hurricane chasers who filmed this video and some of their spectacular tidal surge footage were recently featured on both national and cable tv stations, including this September's MSNBC special, "Anatomy of a Hurricane." Katrina VHS tape--- 54 minutes.
		Both Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne attacked the Treasure Coast of Florida, inflicting a double dose of nature's fury and coastal rearrangement.
	www.hurricanevideo.citymax.com /page/page/613558.htm (770 words)

	Search: hurrican... - FOX News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The hurricane hunters The hurricane hunters This World Wide Web (WWW) site follows flight crews from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron as they fly through active tropical storms and hurricanes.
		Hurrican Juan hit the east coast of Halifax last weekend...
		The ingredients for a hurricane include a pre-existing weather disturbance, warm tropical oceans, moisture, and relatively light winds aloft.
	search.foxnews.com /_1_27GPTR30MTNDV9__info.foxnws/search/web/hurrican... (383 words)

	local6.com - Weather - Hurricane Frances Weakens, Slows In Trek Toward Florida
		EDT, the hurricane, with wind still at 120 mph, was centered 260 miles east-southeast of the lower Florida east coast and was moving west-northwest near 9 mph.
		Frances' landfall would represent the first time since 1950 that two major storms -- defined as ones with wind of at least 111 mph -- have hit Florida so close together.
		Frances was about twice the size of 1992's Hurricane Andrew, the Category 5 storm that destroyed much of southern Miami-Dade County.
	www.local6.com /weather/3702184/detail.html (1527 words)

	Online NewsHour: Hurricane Frances' Fury -- September 06, 2004
		Slow-moving hurricane Frances, now downgraded to a tropical storm, hit the east coast of Florida early Sunday morning causing severe flooding and damages estimated at over $2 billion.
		The hurricane has killed at least three people in the United States and two in the Bahamas, where Frances forced thousands from their homes last week.
		JOHN AGWUNOBI: Yeah, one of the things we saw after Charley, which is consistent with hurricanes in general, is that all too often the true hazards are shown and become evident after the storm has actually passed, as people come out of their shelters, out of their homes and go back into the communities.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/weather/july-dec04/frances_9-06.html (1800 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Americas \| Hurricane tears through Florida
		The hurricane brought a night of powerful winds and torrential rain to the "Sunshine State", with low-lying areas at risk of flooding.
		But Frances is still packing sustained winds of 90mph (144km/h) and up to 12in (30cm) of rain is expected throughout the day.
		Hurricane Charley left at least 26 people dead and caused billions of dollars of damage.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/3625252.stm (595 words)

	Dangerous Hurricane Frances Bears Down on U.S. Mainland
		Once a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 145 mph, Frances was downgraded to a Category 3 storm Thursday night, but with winds of 120 mph, it is still a very dangerous storm.
		With hurricane warnings covering most of Florida’s eastern coastline, from Florida City in the south to Daytona Beach in the north, American Red Cross disaster preparedness experts are urging residents in the endangered areas to take immediate action.
		Hurricane Frances has already forced hundreds of people to flee across the Caribbean after mangling portions of the Turks and Caicos islands yesterday, downing trees and and blowing roofs from homes.
	www.redcross.org /article/0,1072,0_312_3206,00.html (904 words)

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