Thursday, May 10, 2007

Hurricane season starts

Atlantic's 1st named storm forms early (AP)

Emergency operations officials, National Guard representatives, state agency officials and various law enforcement personnel participate in a simulated Category 3 hurricane exercise Tuesday, May 8, 2007, at the emergency operations center of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency in Pearl, Miss. The simulation drill has the hurricane bearing down the Mississippi Gulf Coast, forcing state and Gulf Coast  emergency operations officials to implement the state's hurricane plan to expose its strengths and weakness. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)AP - The first named storm of the year formed Wednesday off the southeastern U.S. coast, more than three weeks before the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season, forecasters said.


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