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Donald Trump says Florida faces 'absolute monster' in Hurricane Dorian; emergency declared in state as storm intensifies
•Florida residents were bracing for a hurricane on Thursday that was threatening to smack into the center of the state over the Labor Day weekend.
Hurricane Willa slams Mexico's Pacific coast with powerful wind, heavy rain; more than 4,250 people evacuated
•Hurricane Willa crashed ashore in western Mexico Tuesday, lashing the Pacific coast with powerful wind, heavy rain and what forecasters warned was "extremely dangerous" storm surge.
Mexico braces for Hurricane Willa as it strengthens to Category 4 storm; govt issues high alert
•Hurricane Willa was 340 kilometers south-southwest of Cabo Corrientes, Mexico.
Florida braces for Hurricane Michael as it strengthens to Category 4 storm; Donald Trump declares state emergency
•The National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Michael is expected to slam ashore later in the day along the Florida Panhandle
At least four dead as Hurricane Florence downgraded to 'tropical storm'; authorities say danger far from over
•A s Hurricane Florence slammed into the Carolinas. woman and her baby were killed when a tree fell on their house and at least two other storm-related deaths were reported on Friday.
'Threat becomes reality': Hurricane Florence makes landfall on North Carolina coast; storm downgraded from level 4 to level 1
•Hurricane Florence’s leading edge battered the Carolina coast on Thursday, bending trees and shooting frothy sea water over streets on the Outer Banks, as the hulking storm closed in with winds of 135 kilometres per hour for a drenching siege that could last all weekend.
Hurricane Florence: Over a million people told to evacuate as Category 4 storm stalks US East Coast
•South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster told up to one million residents of the state's eastern coast to leave their homes ahead of the possible arrival of Hurricane Florence on Thursday. The governor of neighbouring North Carolina ordered an evacuation of the Outer Banks, a popular tourist destination, and parts of coastal Dare County, while a state of emergency was declared in Virginia.
Miami-based National Hurricane Centre issues tropical storm watch for New Orleans, Louisiana as potential cyclone approaches
•The National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued a tropical storm watch for parts of the US Gulf of Mexico Coast as a potential tropical cyclone expected. NHC has also issued a tropical storm watch for the New Orleans area and a flash flood watch for large parts of the Louisiana coast into the Houston area.
Hurricane Nate downgraded to tropical storm after it makes landfall in US coast
•Nate has been downgraded from a hurricane to tropical storm, the National Hurricane Center said early on Sunday
Hurricane Irma: After Caribbean, Florida hunkers down; 6.3 million residents ordered to evacuate
•Hurricane Irma began pummelling Florida, threatening almost the entire southeastern American state after cutting a deadly path of destruction through the Caribbean