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Taiwan typhoon Dujuan 2015 map

Typhoon Dujuan passed through Taiwan for three hours on Monday night, bringing high winds and rain. More than 100 flights in China#39;s southern province of Fujian were cancelled and trains suspended as the storm approached and crossed over the mainland. According to Taiwan#39;s meteorological bureau, the typhoon was centered 140 km east of Hualien County and moving toward the island at a speed of 23 km per hour as of 2:30 p.m. The bureau said Dujuan is packing maximum sustained winds of 184 k

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Super Typhoon Soudelor 2015 warnings

Super Typhoon Soudelor, which has smashed its way across the western Pacific Ocean this week, boasts wind gusts of up to 220 mph #x0028;354 km/h#x0029;. RapidScat gathered information about the typhoon#39;s surface wind speed and direction Monday #x0028;Aug. 3#x0029; at 3 p.m. EDT #x0028;1900 GMT#x0029;, as the storm churned just west of the Mariana Islands. The sustained winds at that time neared 155 mph #x0028;250 km/h#x0029;, NASA officials said. Meanwhile, Aqua#39;s MODIS #x0028;Moderate R

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Chesapeake Bay Bridge Closed Aug. 27, 2011

As Hurricane Irene spins north, a lone figure stands in the surf of the Chesapeake Bay near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel in Virginia Beach, Va., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge (US 50/301) was closed about 7:35 p.m. Saturday as a result of severe winds and unsafe driving conditions due to Hurricane Irene. The bridge is experiencing sustained winds of more than 62 mph and wind gusts of 72-80 mph and will remain closed until conditions are deemed safe for vehicles to cros

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Tropical Storm Gaston 2010

Gaston is the fourth tropical storm to form in the last 11 days for a season that has suddenly become busy. So far Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center has not issued any watches or warnings for Gaston. The storm has sustained winds of 40 mph with higher gusts and is expected to get stronger over the next two days. Tropical Storm Gaston is centered about 935 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands and about 1,585 miles east of the Lesser Antilles, at latitude 13.4 north and longitude 37.7 wes

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