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September 08, 2006

Tropical storm Florence to veer

Canadian Press HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) - Islanders crowded stores Friday to buy generators, bottled water and other emergency supplies as tropical storm Florence chugged through the open Atlantic on a path toward Bermuda.
Forecasters said Florence posed no danger to the United States, but could create high surf and rip currents along parts of the East Coast. Bermuda issued a hurricane watch, and the government urged the territory's 65,000 residents to take precautions. Florence is expected to reach hurricane strength by the time it reaches the tiny British territory on Monday, according to forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.
"Even if the centre misses Bermuda by a couple hundred miles, this is a very large storm so there's likely to be some effect," said Mark Willis, a meteorologist at the centre. "If not the strong winds, there will definitely be some rough surf."
Tropical storm force wind extended up to 650 kilometres from Florence's centre.
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