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A man watches the waves crash in the resort area of Cancun, Mexico, on Sunday.

Squalls along coast signal weaker Ida is near

Squalls ahead of a rare late-season tropical storm blew in heavy rain tonight to parts of the Gulf Coast where residents hunkered down at home and in shelters anticipating high winds and flooding.

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• Hurricane Rick weakens, but still threatens Mexico

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• Rick 'extremely dangerous' Category 5 hurricane

Oct. 6, 2009

• Tropical Storm Henri strengthens, but could weaken soon
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Oct. 3, 2009

• Olaf weakens to tropical depression

Sept. 30, 2009

• GM to close Saturn after talks with Penske fall through

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• Reports of Hurricane Fred's death were greatly exaggerated

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Sept. 14, 2009

• 14 Tampa banks, credit unions deemed 'problematic' or worse

Sept. 10, 2009

• Hurricane Fred loses steam, drops to a Category 1

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• Tropical Storm Erika weakening as it heads for Puerto Rico

Sept. 2, 2009

• Forecasting future of Tropical Storm Erika proves difficult

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• Agency lowers rating on Florida home insurer

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• Rough waves blamed for Fla. swimmer's death

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• Depression forms far from land as tropics show some action

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• Forecast models vary on tropical wave's strength potential
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