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Fall brings threat
of hurricanes
By LISA G. CURRIE
Rappahannock New* Staff Writer
Nearly one year ago. Hurricane Hugo threatened the eastern coast of the United States, sweeping ashore in South Carolina and leaving disaster in its wake.
Hurricane season is upon us again.
From June through October, with the most powerful storms developing during August, hurricanes and tropical storms, a product of massive amounts of condensation from oceanic moisture, crash about in the Atlantic Ocean often developing enough strength at sea to hit land and become a threat.
‘This year we’ve seen a particularly fair number of storms,” said State Climatologist Dr. Patrick Michaels, from his office at the University of VirSee
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