Synonym: blizzard, cyclone, squall, storm, tornado. Similar words: curriculum, hurry up, in a hurry, African, American, historical, historically, electrical. Meaning: ['hɜrɪkeɪn /'hʌrɪkən] n. a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale).
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151. At 5 p. m. EDT, the depression was centered about 620 miles west-southwest of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands, and moving west near 20 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.
152. Dave Roberts, a navy hurricane specialist, said Ida's presence in the western Caribbean may have played a role in drawing a Pacific low-pressure system toward El Salvador, causing the rains.
153. Hurricane Dean has been upgraded to a Category 3 storm. Dean knocked out power on the islands of St. Lucia and Martinique.
154. At last report, the National Hurricane Center said the storm was about 205 kilometers northeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, with winds of up to 165 kilometers per hour.
155. Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. put forward an idea of "Business on Demand" based on IBM core competitiveness, which then resulted in blowing the hurricane of "Business on Demand" in the world.
156. It lights the candle in the hurricane lamp of self; that's why it survives.
157. Located on the shore of Sullivan's Island off the coast of South Carolina, the award-winning cube-shaped beach house was built to replace one smashed to pieces by Hurricane Hugo 10 years ago.
158. The governor of Puerto Rico says Hurricane Irene has brought high winds and torrential rain to the Caribbean island, cutting electricity to about 800, 000 people.
159. Coastal areas across the mid-Atlantic remained under hurricane warnings as evacuations of over 300, 000 people in New York City continued.
160. My tent was as delightful and extravagant as the meal—a roomy tent adorned with a comfortable bed, a hurricane lantern and nightstand.
161. Loggers had been removing white cedar trees that had been knocked down by Hurricane Isabel in 2003.
162. Wide, slow-moving Hurricane Irene began to organize over the Lesser Antilles Islands in the Caribbean Sea.
163. A hurricane watch, meaning hurricane conditions could arrive within 48 hours, were issued north of Sandy Hook up to the Merrimack River in New England, according to the National Hurricane Center.
164. Hurricane Bill pelting Bermuda was strong bands of rain . Some roads are already flooded out.
165. The prize for breaking news photography went to Patrick Farrell of The Miami Herald for his images from Haiti of the destruction left by a hurricane.
166. President Bush said that when it comes to hurricane preparedness, step number one is to, quote, 'pray that there's no hurricanes.
167. NOAA research shows that the tropical multi- decadal signal is causing the increased Atlantic hurricane activity since 1995, and "is not related to greenhouse warming, " the agency said.
168. The multi-million-pound Great House on Necker, the Virgin tycoon's 60million private island, was struck by lightning in the early hours of Monday when the region was battered by 90mph Hurricane Irene.
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169. And collecting bedding thrown about by the hurricane force winds, pulling the mattresses under the lean-to's and hanging the bedding up to dry out of the drizzle and rain that is expected worldwide.
170. Their services are vital in the immediate aftermath of a severe natural event such as an earthquake, hurricane, cyclone or volcano eruption.
171. In Florida, a truckload of mink coats showed up during the 2004 hurricane season, Rothe-Smith said, a likely tax write-off for a retailer having trouble pushing furs.
172. "People see that and assume we can predict everything, " National Hurricane Center senior forecaster Richard Pasch said.
173. A natural way to think of it would be analogous to the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale that is based on maximum sustained wind speed.
174. There is a potential track that Hurricane Dean could take which could hit Mexico in the Bay of Campeche , but it seems to be tracking a little north of that.
175. U. S. government researchers believe the red lionfish was introduced into Florida waters during Hurricane Andrew in 1992 when an aquarium broke and at least six fish spilled into Miami's Biscayne Bay.
176. While it is not always feasible to home-brew a commercial quality antenn a designed tot ake hurricane force winds, it is very feasible to built a collinear antenn a for aver age use.
177. EarthSky spoke with research climatologist and oceanographer Bill Patzert of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory about Hurricane Alex.
178. Hurricane activity in the subtropical north - west of the Pacific a 70 percent.
179. The fundraiser to help hurricane victims will be held tonight at the community center.
180. You follow a drop of your own sweat and plummet with it becoming a river, a flash flood, a waterspout, a hurricane.
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