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Today's featured article Hanna in the Gulf of Mexico Tropical Storm Hanna was the ninth tropical cyclone and eighth named storm of the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season. Hanna formed through the complex interaction of a surface trough, a tropical wave, and an upper-level low pressure system. Initially designated a tropical depression, it attained tropical storm status and a peak intensity of 1,001 mbar (29.6 inHg), with winds of 60 miles per hour (100 km/h). Hanna crossed southeastern Louisiana, and made a second landfall along the Alabama–Mississippi border. On Dauphin Island, Alabama, the storm caused coastal flooding which closed roads and forced the evacuation of residents. Florida received high wind gusts, heavy rainfall, and strong surf that resulted in the deaths of three swimmers. 20,000 homes in the state lost electricity. In Georgia, significant flooding occurred. Crop damage was extensive, and about 335 structures were damaged by the flooding. The storm caused a total of about $20 million USD in damage. (Full article...) Recently featured: John Rolph Ken "Snakehips" Johnson KNXV-TV Today's featured picture Picture of the day Smooth-billed ani Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp Archive More featured pictures Did you know... Men disarming a dud mortar shell in the Café Adria basement ... that the nightclub Café Adria survived a hit by a Karl-Gerät siege mortar (pictured)? ... that a contemporary adaptation of "The Snow Queen" contains feminist elements and, according to one scholar, violates gender expectations? ... that Badger is the first commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces? ... that the borders of the Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve were drawn to minimize impact on the Shengli Oil Field? ... that as a child, future Olympian Kevin Mejía sold spinning tops? ... that Chris Cox, the founder of Bikers for Trump, estimated that 70 percent of its members are former military personnel? ... that Feastogether launched a restaurant that was Taiwan's highest-priced buffet when it opened in 2023? ... that while recruiting for the Blair Colony, Betty Blair reportedly convinced potential settlers that there were no flies in South Dakota? ... that the DJ Sammy Virji went viral on TikTok after cueing in a track with a rubber fish?

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