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But his data aren't comprehensive enough to make definitive predictions for various categories of storm intensity.
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Where Isaac and other storms are concerned, NOAA reportedly hopes to see the robots enhance the accuracy of storm intensity prediction.
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They then modeled a solar storm with the intensity of the Carrington Solar Storm, which took place in 1859 and is estimated to have been about four times stronger than the Halloween storms.
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Electrical transmission lines and the devices they sustain are ubiquitous, meaning that a storm comparable in intensity to the 1859 event could potentially be one of the greatest catastrophes in recorded history.
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"Katrina was a very large storm, high energy, high intensity coming across the gulf, " said Elizabeth English, an associate professor at Louisiana State University's Hurricane Center.
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The storm overnight picked up speed and intensity, and a decision was made that in order to return to Washington to monitor and oversee the efforts to prepare for the storm and respond to it, that we needed to leave earlier than planned.
WHITEHOUSE: The White House
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The snowstorm sweeping through the region brought with it echoes of Superstorm Sandy, if not in intensity, in the dread of residents waiting to see what a new storm would bring.
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