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PENSACOLA, Fla. - Tropical Storm Arlene weakened as it blew ashore Saturday on the Gulf Coast, but still packed enough punch that it brought sheets of rain, 20-foot waves and heavy wind to the same area that was devastated by Hurricane Ivan nine months ago.
The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season had threatened to strengthen to a hurricane but had sustained wind of only about 60 mph when it made landfall at around 3 p.m. along the Alabama-Florida Panhandle coast.See the full content of this document
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Weaker Arlene Still Packs Punch Ashore
That was nearly the same spot where Ivan came ashore Sept. 16 with wind howling at 130 mph. Ivan was one of four hurricanes to batter Florida in the sp...
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