Four Hurricanes In 5 Weeks - What Is Going On?

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By Michael McCarthy

The Independent - UK

9-21-4



Is 2004 the Year of the Hurricane? It depends on where you're considering it from. If you live in the US you'll certainly think so, because the state of Florida has been struck by three in a month, and as America dominates the world's media, the story has had huge attention right around the globe. And now a fourth storm has devastated parts of the Caribbean.



However, although to have three tempests of the intensity of hurricanes Charley, Frances and Ivan burst through one state in the space of four weeks is certainly unusual, the fact that all three made landfall so close together in time and space may well be pure chance. Hurricanes sweep the oceans every year. So here are some of the questions that the 2004 hurricane season throws up, with some of the answers:

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