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	2001 Atlantic hurricane season - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 2001 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation in the northern hemisphere.
		Hurricane Michelle was responsible for numerous deaths and large-scale damage in Jamaica, Cuba, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
		Hurricane Michelle was a powerful storm that was first named on November 1st near Cabo Gracias, Nicaragua.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2001_Atlantic_hurricane_season (1841 words)

	Hurricane Iris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hurricane Iris was a Category 4 storm that devastated Belize in October of 2001.
		The storm formed into a hurricane on the 6th, and thereafter strengthened very quickly, with its pressure dropping from 990 millibars to 950 millibars in 18 hours.
		Just before landfall on the coast of Belize, the very small hurricane reached its peak intensity, with its winds at 145 miles per hour and its pressure at 948 millibars.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hurricane_Iris (186 words)

	HURRICANE IRIS 1995
		From this data, Iris is analyzed as a hurricane at 1800 UTC on the 23rd.
		Iris began a Fujiwhara interaction on the 30th, with Tropical Storm Karen to its southeast.
		Iris reached its peak intensity of 109 mph several hundred miles to the southeast of Bermuda on the 1st.
	hurricanecentral.freeservers.com /Prelim_Reports/1995_Iris.htm (846 words)

	CDNN Wave Dancer Special Report: Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Hurricane Iris is shifting direction, now moving west rather than west-northwest at 17 mph with maximum sustained winds increasing to 120 km/hr (75 mph).
		The National Hurricane Center warns that the hurricane is expected to turn south to southwest but Wave Dancer heads south, southwest at a speed of 8 knots after finally pulling the hook at Lighthouse Reef.
		In fact, the National Hurricane Center predicted as early as Sunday evening that Hurricane Iris could turn south, and by Monday morning at 0800 before Wave Dancer pulled the hook, warned that it had developed into an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane and was expected to move south to southwest.
	www.cdnn.info /special-report/wavedancer/phdtimeline/phdtimeline.html (1932 words)

	BBC News \| AMERICAS \| Hurricane Iris kills 18
		Iris caused flooding, destroyed crops and damaged houses, but rapidly weakened after hitting shore and was downgraded to a tropical storm with winds of around 60 km/h.
		Iris gained force while passing Jamaica on Sunday, while three people were killed in torrential storms in the Dominican Republic.
		Some experts have warned that Hurricane Iris could head inland and then suddenly change course as Mitch did, causing major rivers to swell and break their banks in a matter of just a few hours.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/americas/1588095.stm (531 words)

	Weather: Iris becomes a hurricane in Caribbean
		Iris is the first hurricane to threaten Caribbean islands this season.
		Forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Iris is not expected to pose a threat to Florida.
		Haiti posted a hurricane warning for its south coast and advised coastal residents and valley dwellers to move to higher ground.
	www.sptimes.com /News/100701/Weather/Iris_becomes_a_hurric.shtml (387 words)

	Hurricane Iris
		Iris was a category 4 hurricane with 5 being the most severe.
		The day after the hurricane the men of San Jose, population 800, divided themselves into three teams and proceeded to go about the village clearing downed trees from roads, houses and other buildings, gathering up debris and helping their neighbors concoct some kind of shelter out of what remained of their homes.
		With all of its fury, Iris claimed no deaths among the villagers of Toledo, and if no one succumbs from post-hurricane water contamination or malnutrition, then all the damage is reparable.
	www.plenty.org /pb17_4/rips174.html (1310 words)

	Part 2 - 2001 Season - Caribbean Hurricane Network
		As Hurricane Iris continues to harass Jamaica and then continue on to traumatize the Caymans, TS Jerry threatens Barbados and the lower windwards at this time.The ridge to the north of the islands is keeping Jerry from turning more to the north so a west/west-northwest track is the projected one at this time.
		While Tropical Storm Iris rumbles through the eastern Caribbean on her way to Jamaica, another tropical wave behind her is making noise as well and should become a tropical depression by the 11:00 am advisory or the 5:00 pm advisory at the latest.
		Iris is projected to become a hurricane in the next 24-48 hours and gradually make her way over the Yucatan Peninsula.
	stormcarib.com /hurr01b.htm (3002 words)

	Belize's Amandala Online: Belize news, news on Belize, Belize newspapers, Belize, Belize, Belize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Iris grew to tropical storm strength (39 to 73 miles per hour) on Friday, October 5, and became a Category 1 hurricane with 85 mile per hour winds on Saturday, October 6.
		Iris was originally ticketed for the northern part of the Yucatan Peninsula, according to all the weather experts, both American and Belizean.
		Slowly Iris began to be affected by this extremely mild cold front, which the northwesterly winds constituted, and Iris began edging southwards even as she was tracking in the basically westerly direction.
	www.belizemall.com /amandala/archives/archives_2001/oct_14_2001.html (6543 words)

	Guatemala: Storm (Iris) - ACT: 18-Oct-01
		The damage caused by Hurricane Iris was largely due to the devastating winds and the storm surge.
		Iris continued in a westward direction with sustained winds of 140-mph moving at around 20 mph, putting Belize and Guatemala at risk.
		Impact of the Hurricane Iris The damage caused by Hurricane Iris was largely due to the devastating winds and the storm surge.
	www.cidi.org /disaster/01b/ixl122.html (2015 words)

	WHYY Franklin Facts
		For example, Hurricane Iris slammed into the central American country of Belize on October 8 with 140-mph winds, leaving 13,000 people homeless and destroying most of the country's banana crop.
		Iris continued westward across Guatamala, weakening to a tropical depression before dissipating over the mountains of southern Mexico.
		However, the weak circulation left over from Iris crossed into the eastern Pacific Ocean, where it served as the embryo for a new tropical storm.
	www.whyy.org /tv12/franklinfacts/oct3101ff.html (166 words)

	ARRLWeb: Hurricane Watch Net Keeping an Eye on Iris
		A hurricane warning is in effect for the Caribbean coast of Belize, Guatemala and Honduras, from the border with Guatemala eastward to Limon.
		A hurricane watch remains in effect for the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, from Cabo Catoche southward to the Belize border.
		Hurricane Iris, as of October 8 at 1445 UTC.
	www.arrl.org /news/stories/2001/10/08/2 (584 words)

	Caribbean: Storm (Iris) - OCHA-02: 07-Oct-01
		The National Weather Center in Miami reports that at 1500 GMT, 7 October 2001, the center of Hurricane Iris was located near latitude 17.4 north, longitude 77.9 west or about 85 miles (135 km) west-southwest of Kingston, Jamaica, or 260 miles (420 km) east-southeast of Grand Cayman.
		Iris is moving toward the west near 17 mph or 28 km/hr.
		Hurricane Watch: The Government of Mexico has issued a hurricane watch for the east coast of Yucatan from Cabo Catoche southward.
	www.cidi.org /disaster/01b/ixl107.html (223 words)

	BBC News \| AMERICAS \| Hurricane Iris threatens Caribbean
		During Saturday, Iris was upgraded from a tropical storm to a hurricane as its winds strengthened to more than 120km/h (75mph).
		Iris started on Thursday as a tropical depression that brought strong winds and heavy rainfall to the islands of St Vincent and St Lucia, but caused no significant damage or loss of life.
		The hurricane season in the Caribbean occurs from June to the end of November.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1584000/1584001.stm (316 words)

	NOAA News Online (Story 788)
		Iris is moving toward the west near 22 mph, and this motion is expected to continue for the next 24 hours, according to NOAA's National Hurricane Center.
		A hurricane warning remains in effect for the Caribbean coasts of Belize, Guatemala and Honduras from the border with Guatemala eastward to Limon.
		A tropical storm warning is in effect for the east coast of the Yucatan from Felipe Carrillo Puerto southward to the border with Belize.
	www.noaanews.noaa.gov /stories/s788.htm (405 words)

	Belize: Liveaboard Scuba Diving: Peter Hughes Wave Dancer
		Hurricane Iris, packing 140 mph winds, made landfall in the southern (Placencia) region of the Central American Country of Belize during the evening of October 8, 2001, capsizing the liveaboard dive vessel M/V Wave Dancer with all twenty-eight passengers and crew onboard.
		Despite following all procedures for securing the vessel during a hurricane, an unusually strong surge of water apparently lifted the vessel dramatically right at the pier, snapping all of the stern lines and allowing the wind to rip the vessel from the pier and capsize it in the middle of the creek.
		It was decided that they were too far south to turn around and head for Belize City with the Hurricane traveling at 22 miles per hour and the Wave Dancer at best (considering sea conditions) moving at 9 knots would not make it back to Belize City in time to miss Hurricane Iris.
	www.global-travel.co.uk /wavedancer.htm (919 words)

	Ambergris Today Website: Your Source for Issues Concerning La Isla Bonita.
		(Weather Reports before Iris came ashore were stating that the hurricane was bringing storm surges up to 18 feet high- if the crew was monitoring these reports, it was an extremely unwise decision for the captain or passengers to decide to stay on the boat).
		Iris, an unwelcome visitor, came ashore on Monday near Placencia packing winds of up to 150 miles per hour and leaving behind a sad trail of destruction.
		I have seen force four hurricanes and force five hurricanes even the shelters get blown away, so had we gone to the shelter and everybody was gone, then people would say why didn't you stay in the boat.
	www.ambergristoday.com /archives/12-10-01/index.html (3310 words)

	Belize Hurricane Net
		The winds of your garden variety hurricane are generally not the source of dangerous damage to modern construction.
		The wind danger from hurricanes is from spinoff tornadoes, which are most common in the northeast and, second, the southwest quadrants in our latitudes.
		Hurricanes in categories 3, 4, 5 are known as Major Hurricanes or Intense Hurricanes.
	www.ambergriscaye.com /hurricane (2052 words)

	CNN.com - Iris kills at least 11 in Belize - October 9, 2001
		Big Creek Port is an area that has been a safe haven from hurricanes in the past, but the eye of Iris passed directly over the port.
		Iris blew across the coast of Belize with winds of 140 mph (225 km) late Monday.
		Iris had weakened to a tropical depression Tuesday morning.
	www.cnn.com /2001/WEATHER/10/09/hurricane.iris/index.html (302 words)

	Biodiversity in Belize - Hurricane Iris
		From Independence, Iris moved in a WSW course and left Belize less than two hours after landfall.
		Iris was a “small” but extremely powerful hurricane.
		The 1992 dry season was relatively benign and relatively few forest fires erupted in the areas affected by the hurricane.
	www.biological-diversity.info /hurricane_iris.htm (418 words)

	Hurricane Iris Relief Continues
		October 12, 2001 —; The death toll from Hurricane Iris is now 21, with two more bodies recovered Thursday (Oct. 11) from a dive boat that capsized during the storm off the coast of Belize.
		Seventeen of the people killed by the hurricane on Oct. 8 were passengers aboard the boat and members of a Richmond, Va. dive club.
		Iris destroyed more than 95 percent of buildings in 35 villages and severely damaged infrastructure, including roads, electricity and water supplies.
	www.redcross.org /news/ds/hurricanes/011012iris.html (762 words)

	Definition of Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a scale classifying hurricanes by the intensity of their sustained winds, developed in 1969 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and National Hurricane Center director Bob Simpson.
		Classifications are used to gauge the likely damage and flooding a hurricane will cause upon landfall.
		Galveston Hurricane of 1900 – Hurricane Hugo – Hurricane Iris – Hurricane Charley
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Saffir-Simpson_Hurricane_Scale (505 words)

	What happened? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		On Monday, October 8, 2001, Hurricane Iris made landfall in the southern part of the Stann Creek District and moved onward to the Toledo District of Belize.
		For Belizeans - Hurricane Keith (October 2000), was a category one hurricane when the center crossed Ambergris Cay, and a tropical storm by the time it reached the Belize mainland.
		Unlike Hurricane Keith, Iris moved swiftly, and unlike Andrew, it's storm area was relatively small.
	www.mayaviewkeeper.com /Iris/What_Happened_The_Hurricane.htm (243 words)

	Hurricane Iris headed for Belize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Iris was about 165 miles east-southeast of Belize City Monday afternoon and was moving westward at about 21 mph.
		Iris gained force after brushing past Jamaica on Sunday with 85 mph winds that toppled some trees, tore off roofs and injured at least one person.
		Iris killed a mother and her two young daughters in the Dominican Republic on Saturday, when a retaining wall collapsed onto their house.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/543057/posts (3779 words)

	Iris
		Iris has stopped moving, and is picking up size alarmingly.
		Iris is over in Guatemala, down to 85mph, but cutting a swath through the heavily populated jungle there.
		Iris, accelerated by the warm Caribbean waters, held down by a high to the north, came ashore at a place called Monkey River Town, south of Placentia, north of Punta Gorda.
	www.belizenorth.com /iris.htm (1153 words)

	The Story Of Hurricane Iris In The Atlantic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Well, this year, the Central American country formerly a British colony, was hit again as Hurricane Iris came a calling this week with its 140 mph winds as it became the most powerful Atlantic hurricane of the 2001 Season to date.
		Back in 1961, Hurricane Hattie lashed what was the capital of Belize City, and forced the government there to move the capital inland to Belmopan, away from the coast, and future devastating hurricane landfalls.
		This time, Iris caused damage to the south near the city of Monkey River Town, and may have even impacted lives of Americans as 20 people that were on a diving expedition from Virginia are feared dead.
	www.hurricaneville.com /iris.html (588 words)

	Belize Emergency Information
		The Belize Tourism Board reports that hurricane Iris moved over the southern region of the country in the early evening of October 8th.
		While Hurricane Iris was a powerful storm, hurricane force winds were limited to a 15 mile radius.
		Iris' force was mainly felt along Belize's southern coast and officials are currently assessing the damage to property in these areas.
	www.belizeemergency.net /iris/destinations.html (176 words)

	ARRLWeb: Amateur Radio Reports Tell of Hurricane Iris' Damage
		Iris was the most severe hurricane of the current season.
		After passing through the Caribbean as a Category 1 storm, Iris built into an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 140 MPH and made landfall the evening of Monday, October 8, on the southern coast of Belize, near the towns of Big Creek and Placentia.
		As Iris approached landfall, KF6HYJ/mm came on the air to report that the vessel had broken free of all four anchors and run aground.
	www.arrl.org /news/stories/2001/10/09/4 (1200 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Belize: Hurricane Iris appeal No. 33/01
		Deprived of their food stocks, and having lost their homes in the ferocious winds of Hurricane his, this vulnerable population faces increasing threats of sickness and disease as the rainy season continues, and an uncertain future in which the hurricane's after-effects threaten their food security pending the next harvest, which is still three months away.
		Early on 9 October, when it was clear that Hurricane Iris would impact the Belize coast, the Belize Red Cross Society (BRCS) alerted all its branches and mobilized its volunteers.
		Hurricane Iris passed over Belize on the night of 8 October, and on the morning of 9 October two Federation delegates specialized in disaster response and water and sanitation activities arrived in Belize City to provide ongoing support to the BRCS.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/fa72c620b4b6e847c1256ae300571efc (2105 words)

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