The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration considers that storm to be "the greatest tropical system disaster" of the century.

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There were fewer cars and people than usual, but far more than one might expect, given that the hurricane was the largest tropical system measured in the Atlantic.

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The last such system was tropical storm Danielle, over twenty years ago.

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The National Hurricane Center gives the system a 70% chance of reaching tropical storm status by Saturday.

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Moderating the tropical climate of the region, it presents one of the best examples of the monsoon system in the planet.

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Field tests of the CT2WS system were conducted in desert terrain at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, in tropical terrain in Hawaii, and in open terrain at California's Camp Roberts.

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