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Even without hurricane-force winds, northeastern states already drenched from a rainy August could see flooding and fallen trees from Irene.
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Conditions there are dominated by extreme cold, long periods of darkness, hurricane-force storms, and dense fog.
Frances Beinecke: Oil Spill Commission Report: We Need to Do More Research Before Drilling in Arctic Ocean Frances Beinecke 2011
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Giri is also relatively small cyclone, "with a relatively narrow swath of hurricane-force winds" according to AccuWeather.
Cyclone Giri explodes, socks Burma shore Jason Samenow 2010
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It became quite clear that more than five hundred acres of sedge at the top of the cliff were holding the soil in place in defiance of the hurricane-force winds that tore over them.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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RICHBURG, S.C. (AP) -- Researchers have used 105 giant fans to create hurricane-force winds in an experiment that crumpled an ordinary home in minutes but left a better-built home standing.
House integrity tested with giant wind fans Capital Weather Gang 2010
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It became quite clear that more than five hundred acres of sedge at the top of the cliff were holding the soil in place in defiance of the hurricane-force winds that tore over them.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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The National Weather Center is describing it as a "large tropical cyclone" with "hurricane-force winds".
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The Weather Channel is forecasting hurricane-force winds heading for Washington and Baltimore now.
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Emergency declarations and evacuation orders cascaded northward ahead of a storm expected to bring hurricane-force winds and flooding rains to much of the Eastern seaboard after battering the Bahamas.
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If plants were required to ride out much stronger earth shaking or hurricane-force winds, for example, expensive retrofits might be required.
Crisis Plans Urged for Nuclear Plants Stephen Power 2011
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