Forecasts expect above normal tropical storms this hurricane season
Forecasters at NOAA expect 13 to 17 tropical storms with seven to 10 becoming hurricanes and three to five in the strong category. Officials urge preparedness, noting El Niño influences and past storms Katrina and Rita. Andrea formed early as the season began, with naming moving to the Greek alphabet.
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Washington, DC
Conrad Lautenbacher
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Weather Service
NOAA
Weather Service
David Jauson
Federal Emergency ‘Management Agency
Paulison
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic
United States
Andrea Gabrielle Melissa Tanya Barry Humberto Noel van Chantal
Ingrid Olga Wendy Dean
Jerry Pablo
Erin Karen Rebekah Aphabet
Wil
Felix Lorenzo Sebastien
Rita Stan Wilma Dennis
Katrina
Drunken driving killer gets eight year term in 2005 hayride death
An eight year prison sentence was handed to Jake Davis Jr. after pleading guilty to seven DUI counts for ramming a hayride with an 18 wheeler in Marion County in 2005 killing four people. Mothers Against Drunk Driving criticized the sentence as inadequate. Authorities said the crash injured others on the rural road.
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Columbia
Jake Davis Jr
North Carolina
Marion
Jami
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Slater
Bill Proenza
National Hurricane Center
Philip
Klotzbach
Colorado State University
Joe Bastard
Accu- Weather Inc
Aiken
Aiken, S.C
Aikenstandard
Andrea
Noaa.gov
S.C. Supreme Court
General Assembly
South Carolina
Supreme Court
E.C. Burnet
High Court
Jean Toal
Mark Sanford
Donald Beatty
Spartanburg
Kaye Heam
Conway
Bruce Williams
Beatty
Heam
State Appeals Court
High Cour
Ernest Finney
Ybee Island
Janie Grifith
Georgia
Wachovia