26-Aug-2008
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By Jim Loney MIAMI (Reuters) - The Atlantic hurricane season’s seventh tropical storm formed in the central Caribbean on Monday and could strengthen into a hurricane before striking vulnerable Haiti, the U.S. National Hurricane Centre said. Tropical Storm Gustav threatened the impoverished Caribbean nation of 9 million with up to 25 inches of rain in some place, which could trigger deadly floods and mudslides....
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