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President Joe Biden has postponed his scheduled trip to Florida due to Tropical Storm Ian looming over the Caribbean Sea. He was scheduled to visit Orlando to headline a rally for the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on September 27th, but the major storm is expected to strengthen to a Category 3 or 4 before making landfall on the mainland U.S.

000 WTNT34 KNHC 050837 TCPAT4 BULLETIN HURRICANE IVAN ADVISORY NUMBER 11 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 AM AST SUN SEP 05 2004 ...IVAN BECOMES THE FIFTH HURRICANE OF THE 2004 SEASON... INTERESTS IN THE LESSER ANTILLES SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF IVAN. AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IVAN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 9.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 44.3 WEST OR ABOUT 1210 MILES... 1950 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES. IVAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 21 MPH...33 KM/HR. A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO...

Powerful Lili stirs action Evacuations, preparations begin in Texas, Louisiana 10/03/2002 By MICHAEL GRANBERRY / The Dallas Morning News NEW ORLEANS - On a sunny but fiercely humid day, it was a 37-year-old memory that spurred scores of residents to take extra precautions as Hurricane Lili approached Louisiana. Many feared a grim repeat of the disaster wrought by Hurricane Betsy in 1965 - 81 people killed in the state, New Orleans under 8 feet of water. Betsy was a Category 3 hurricane - winds of 111-130 mph. Lili was already a Category 4 late Wednesday with winds of 145...