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Article: Tropical Storm Cindy Prompts Precautions
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- July 5, 2005
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AP Online
07-05-2005
Dateline: NEW ORLEANS
Map shows location of Tropical Storm Cindy as of 4 a.m.. (AP Graphic)
Scattered rain spread into the Gulf Coast states on Tuesday as Tropical Storm Cindy strengthened and headed toward land, and communities and oil companies started taking precautions. A second weather system was gaining tropical storm strength in the Caribbean and forecasters warned it could hit Florida later in the week.
Cindy, which had crossed Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula as a tropical depression, reached tropical storm strength early Tuesday and by early afternoon had sustained wind of around 60 mph. The second storm became Tropical Storm Dennis as it developed wind of 40 mph. ...