Hurricane Center 2011
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Tropical Cyclone May Unload More Than a Foot of Rain
Jan 27, 2012; 8:31 AM ET
There is growing concern that Tropical Cyclone Iggy will strike Australia's northwestern tip with Category 2 hurricane strength and unleash more than a foot of rain early next week.
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Tropical Cyclone May Unload More Than a Foot of Rain
News - Jan 27, 2012; 8:31 AM ET
There is growing concern that Tropical Cyclone Iggy will strike Australia's northwestern tip with Category 2 hurricane strength and unleash more than a foot of rain early next week.
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Deadly Funso Maintains Category 4 Hurricane Strength
News - Jan 25, 2012; 7:52 AM ET
Tropical Cyclone Funso remains extremely dangerous with the strength of a Category 4 hurricane as it churns off the coast of southern Africa.
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VIDEO: Fiji Wades after Feet of Rain
News - Jan 24, 2012; 8:20 PM ET
Rainfall around Nadi was about 2 feet, or nearly two times the normal January rainfall, within only 48 hours.
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Dangerous Category 4 Cyclone Funso
News - Jan 24, 2012; 8:00 PM ET
Between Friday and Monday, the hurricane-strength storm performed a slow loop within 50 to 100 miles of the central Mozambique coast.
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Tropical Cyclone Funso Still a Danger to Mozambique
News - Jan 24, 2012; 1:10 AM ET
Funso could turn out to be one of the mightiest cyclones ever known from the Mozambique Channel.
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Tropical Cyclone Funso Threatens Southeast Africa
News - Jan 23, 2012; 8:47 AM ET
Tropical Cyclone Funso is currently wreaking havoc in the Mozambique Channel, leading to flash floods and rough surf.
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Tropical Cyclone Danger in Mozambique
News - Jan 19, 2012; 3:40 PM ET
One potentially dangerous aspect of Funso will be the slow movement, which could bring damaging wind and rain to bear on the coast for an extended stretch of time.
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Tropical Cyclone Threat to Southeast Africa
News - Jan 18, 2012; 2:29 PM ET
So far this month, two named tropical cyclones have made landfall off the southern Mozambique Channel.
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