Additionally, a less active African tropical wave train is possible as a result of the disruption of the Asian subcontinent monsoon.

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Pulling out of the station past the back yards of a multitude of Cairene families, our children watch in wonder as local kids play football beside the tracks, bathe in muddy rivulets, fly kites from the roofs of their homes and wave at the passing train.

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"So when the tidal wave does occur and people start to retire, we'll have a program in place to train people as soon as they walk in the door, " says Tony Ware, TECO's manager of training and assessment.

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