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ginia. He said so far this season nine tropical storms have been recorded, though several have been small. “If it were not for weather satellites, some of these probally would have gone unnoticed.”

Dr. Michaels said the storms seen have been far into the ocean, none coming within 400 miles of the east coast.

While tropical storms and hurricanes brew annually in the Atlantic and have done so since the Ice Age, “by in large, they are a beneficial weather event for this area,” Dr. Michaels said. He explained the tropical cyclones that hit the area usually bring “periods of fairly heavy rainfall” which are necessary for late crops and soybeans along the east

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