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/ 3 November 2007

Hurricane Noel churns north toward Canada

Hurricane Noel on Friday churned over the Atlantic Ocean on a northerly track to Canada after battering the Caribbean where it killed at least 122 people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. It is expected to slam into Nova Scotia over the weekend still packing powerful winds, but no longer bearing the characteristics of a tropical cyclone.

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/ 31 October 2007

Dozens killed as Noel rages across Caribbean

The death toll from Tropical Storm Noel’s rampage through the Caribbean rose to at least 54 on Wednesday as the devastating weather system swirled off Cuba and targeted the Bahamas. In the Dominican Republic alone, the storm killed 41 people, with another 38 reported missing, according to the National Emergencies Centre.

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/ 21 September 2007

US storm system spawns Florida tornado

Severe weather, including a possible tornado, damaged about 50 homes in central Florida before the system became a subtropical depression on Friday and had parts of the Gulf Coast under tropical-storm warnings. Television news footage showed a boat overturned in a yard, a toppled mobile home and downed trees.