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Example sentences for: hurricane

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The LAT decision to lead with one hundred deaths caused in Mexico's leading resort city by Hurricane Pauline was not quite as lonely--the storm is USAT 's second lead and tops the Wall Street Journal 's world-wide news digest--but was no doubt influenced by the paper's Mexican demographic.
In London Friday, the Guardian blamed Hurricane Floyd on America's "massive, wasteful consumption of a disproportionate share of the planet's resources."
Both the house and the gardens were totally destroyed by Hurricane Hugo in 1989.
An article warns that Hurricane Floyd might be dwarfed by future storms.
Is there anyone who can't explain the Richter scale or distinguish between a Category 4 hurricane and a Category 5?