Hurricane Erin intensified at a near-record rate. Is Florida ready for the next big storm?
by Eric Holthaus from Environment | The Guardian on (#6ZG9Y)
Erin went from a tropical storm to a category 5 in about 24 hours, underscoring the danger of hurricane season amid a diminished Fema and National Weather Service
This season's first hurricane - and the first of the Trump administration's new era of meteorological austerity - has been making its closest pass to the US this week.
On Friday morning, weaker than days earlier, it was still a large storm, heading north-east, and affecting the US east coast with threats of coastal flooding.
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