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The Wild History of Hurricane Forecasting
CLIMATEWIRE | Hurricane Beryl lashed the Texas coastline Monday morning, the storm's latest victim in its record-shattering rampage across the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. It became the first Category 4 storm to form so early in the season — hitting …