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September 01, 2016
Florida braced for Tropical Storm Hermine

PEOPLE on Florida's Gulf coast stocked up on supplies on Thursday and some set out sandbags as they braced for Tropical Storm Hermine, which forecasters said could make landfall as a hurricane.

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September 01, 2016
Florida braced for Hurricane Hermine

THE US National Hurricane Center said on Thursday afternoon that data from an air force aircraft indicates that Tropical Storm Hermine has strengthened to a hurricane, with maximum sustained winds increasing to near 75mph.

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January 22, 2016
UPDATES: All government schools closed as northwest Bahamas braces for severe weather

ALL government schools in Andros, the Berry Islands, Grand Bahama and New Providence have been closed on Friday as the northwest Bahamas braces for severe thunderstorms and the possibility of flooding, waterspouts and tornadoes...

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January 22, 2016
All government schools closed as northwest Bahamas braces for severe weather

ALL government schools in Andros, the Berry Islands, Grand Bahama and New Providence have been closed on Friday as the northwest Bahamas braces for severe thunderstorms and the possibility of flooding, waterspouts and tornadoes.

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January 22, 2016
All schools closed as northwest Bahamas braces for severe weather

ALL schools in Andros, the Berry Islands, Grand Bahama and New Providence have been closed on Friday as the northwest Bahamas braces for severe thunderstorms and the possibility of flooding, waterspouts and tornadoes.

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January 21, 2016
Bahamas braced for severe weather

RESIDENTS in the northwest Bahamas should brace themselves for severe thunderstorms and the possibility of flooding, waterspouts and tornadoes beginning today, according to Deputy Director of the Department of Meteorology Basil Dean.

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November 20, 2015
BEC: Eastern New Providence residents should brace for 'periodic' supply interruptions

RESIDENTS In eastern New Providence should brace themselves for "periodic" supply interruptions over the next few weeks as the Bahamnas Electricity Corporation (BEC) carries out planned improvement exercises in the area.

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November 02, 2015
Chamber president: Brace for high unemployment figures

The Bahamas should brace itself for unemployment figures "very consistent" with the 15.7 percent rate recorded in November 2014 as the labor pool absorbs 2,000 ex-Baha Mar employees with few clear job opportunities, according to Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers' Confederation (BCCEC) Chairman Gowon Bowe.

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October 23, 2015
Mexico Braces for Strongest Hurricane in Western Hemisphere

Hurricane Patricia headed toward southwestern Mexico Friday as a monster Category 5 storm, the strongest ever in the Western Hemisphere that forecasters said could make a "potentially catastrophic landfall" later in the day...

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October 01, 2015
Bahamas braced for Joaquin

THE Bahamas is bracing for the impact of Hurricane Joaquin, which strengthened into a category three hurricane in the Atlantic last night and is predicted to drop 10 to 15 inches of rain over San Salvador and Rum Cay today, with up to five inches expected over the rest of the central Bahamas.

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