Other parts of the country have detailed plans of what to do if a strong storm or typhoon happens, but it seems that many officials on Mindanao were caught unprepared, she adds.
In addition, Ivan hit Grenada and was felt on Jamaica, Grand Cayman and western Cuba, while Jeanne also hit the Dominican Republic as a hurricane and Puerto Rico as a strong tropical storm.
There is a strong possibility that the storm will be considerably stronger at landfall.
Simple: unusually strong winds during the storm, up to 70 mph (112 kph), knocked down huge trees everywhere.
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And this storm, while strong, may seem fiercer because Earth has been lulled by several years of weak solar activity.
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Although overstretched by the acquisition of BMI and two smaller airlines, Lufthansa is strong enough to weather the storm better than most.
It is also difficult to ignore the fact that unless Mr Hazare and his spirited bunch of aides had not kicked up a storm over a strong anti-corruption bill, India's politicians would never have moved on it with the alacrity they have demonstrated in the past few months.
Strong winds, extremely low pressure and a storm surge during the high tides could cause flooding.
Perhaps because the storm did not end up being as strong as expected, or because of a strengthening dollar, oil prices fell Monday.
The jet stream consists of strong winds about 10 miles above the Earth that control storm paths and mark boundaries between cooler and warmer air.
The storm hit California and Arizona on Monday with strong wind and rain, knocking out power to thousands and kicking up a dusty haze in the metropolitan Phoenix area.
Volkswagen, a much larger company that can lean on its higher-margin luxury brands and strong global operations, has been able to weather the storm more easily by cutting prices and taking market share from weaker rivals like Fiat, Peugeot, Ford Motor and General Motors.
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According to Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center, seawater from a hurricane's storm surge can be just as deadly as abnormally strong winds.
In the face of the growing global economic storm, the U.S. economy must stay strong.
The result is a reminder that politics is still local - a popular local council and strong local party helped the Eastleigh Lib Dems to weather a national storm.
Clarke, who began his Test career with 400 runs in the four Test series against India, provided strong support as Australia looked to have weathered the worst of the storm.
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Strong winds and heavy rain lashed Long Island and Cape Cod as the storm passed by.
Rick Smith, the warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service at Norman, said that while the storm packed a powerful punch, it wasn't as strong as the Moore tornado.
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"The brunt of the storm itself was intense but short -- there was very strong rain and wind for about 15 minutes, at which point the rain cleared and the lightning show began, " said Matthew Burke, a CNN iReporter who photographed lightning sprawling across the New York City skyline.
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The Storm "sold very well, " but wasn't a strong competitor to the iPhone, said Denny Strigl, at the time president of Verizon.
This was the worst storm to hit Brisbane in a quarter of a century, unleashing hail, torrential rain and strong winds.
Strong winds also did damage in Colorado, the Associated Press reported, where a quick-moving winter storm brought up to a foot of snow in some spots and scattered reports of damage.
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