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Arlene to drench wide swathes of central Mexico

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 06:41:40 +0000

MEXICO CITY, June 30 (Reuters) - Large parts of central Mexico were facing torrential rains as Arlene, the first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, neared the coast early on Thursday.

UPDATE 5-Arlene to drench wide sections of central Mexico

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 03:41:12 +0000

* Storm could approach hurricane strength at landfall (Updates with details and location)

UPDATE 4-Arlene to drench large parts of central Mexico

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:28:37 +0000

* Storm could approach hurricane strength at landfall (Recasts, updates with details of news conference)

UPDATE 2-Arlene to approach hurricane strength as nears land

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:22:18 +0000

* Warnings of flash floods, landslides from rains (Adds updated storm path, details on ports, Pemex)

NHC tracking two disturbances in Atlantic basin

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:13:08 +0000

June 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Friday it was monitoring two low pressure systems in the Atlantic basin.

NHC REPORT - 20 pct chance depression in west central Caribbean

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:16:29 +0000

June 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. National Hurricane Center on Thursday said a broad and nearly stationary low pressure system formed over the west central Caribbean Sea had a 20 percent chance of strengthening into a tropical cyclone over the next 48 hours.

RPT-UPDATE 2-CSU forecasts five major hurricanes in 2011 season

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:14:28 +0000

* Atlantic storm season expected to be busier than average

FACTBOX-Forecasts for 2011 Atlantic hurricane season

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:28:12 +0000

June 1 (Reuters) - Forecasters at Colorado State University predicted the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season that began Wednesday would spawn 16 tropical storms, with nine of them growing into hurricanes and five of those being major. That was unchanged from their April forecast.

UPDATE 1-Ouattara rejects AU envoy for Ivorian crisis

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:04:18 +0000

* Ouattara's camp says Brito has links to incumbent Gbagbo

Ouattara rejects AU envoy for Ivorian crisis

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 12:17:14 +0000

ABIDJAN, March 27 (Reuters) - Alassane Ouattara, Ivory Coast's internationally recognised president, has rejected the African Union's nomination of an envoy due to negotiate an end to the crisis in the country, questioning his impartiality.