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Hurricane Isabel
Hurricane Isabel Hurricane Isabel over the Atlantic Ocean, photographed from the International Space Station, September 2003.

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hurricane, local name in the Caribbean, North Atlantic, and eastern North Pacific regions for a large tropical cyclone.

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