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Spawned in the warm waters off the west coast of Africa, David was a Cape Verde hurricane, the most lethal of late summer storms and one of the strongest of this century. In its 3,000-mile trek across the Atlantic, it grew in size and intensity until it measured some 300 miles across, with an eye 30 miles wide. It entered the Caribbean almost surreptitiously, barely touching the island of Barbados...
Though its course across Hispaniola weakened the storm, David was still packing winds of 90 m.p.h. and more when it passed over the eastern tip of Cuba and headed straight for Florida's southeast coast. Governor Robert Graham ordered the evacuation of low-lying areas, and as many as 300,000 people headed for higher ground, including 15,000 from the Keys alone. Public buses carried senior citizens from Miami Beach to stormproof shelters, while animals at Crandon Park Zoo in Key Biscayne were trucked to safety. There were sudden shortages of candles and flashlights and other household items...
After veering away from the Florida coast, David swung back again to hit land just north of Palm Beach and again in Georgia, sweeping through the historic cities of Savannah and Charleston, S.C., with top winds of 90 m.p.h. As it moved north, property and agricultural damage was generally light, but accompanying rains were torrential, flooding the streets of several Eastern cities, interrupting rail traffic and causing major power failures. The final death toll: at least...
...Varsity Cross Country New Englands at Burlington, Vt. 11:00 a.m. W Varsity Tennis N.E. Championships at Amherst, MA W VARSITY SOCCER DARTMOUTH 11:00 A.M. SUN. OCT 21 W Varsity Tennis N.E. Championships at Amherst, MA MON. OCT. 22 M Fresh. B Football at Coast Guard Acad. 3:00 p.m. TUES. OCT. 23 M Varsity Soccer at Williams 3:00 p.m. M JV Soccer at Williams 3:00 p.m. W Varsity Soccer at Williams 3:00 p.m. WED. OCT. 24 W Varsity Field Hockey at Brown 3:00 p.m. W JV Field Hockey at Brown 3:45 p.m. THURS...
...Gulf Coast some of the more than 400,000 people who had evacuated returned to their homes late Wednesday. Thousands of others remained in emergency shelters, authorities said...