By Andy Meinen, The News Herald, Panama City, Fla. Oct. 29--APALACHICOLA -- A waterspout came ashore shortly after 6 p.m. EDT on Friday near the Burger King on U.S. 98 and carved a path of destruction across this picturesque, waterfront town.

MIAMI _ Tropical Storm Alpha, the record-breaking 22nd storm of a season that still has five weeks left, descended on the Dominican Republic and Haiti on Sunday, causing severe flooding and forcing thousands of evacuations.

By Michael Christie MIAMI (Reuters) - Hurricane Wilma became the most powerful Atlantic hurricane on record on Wednesday as it churned toward western Cuba and Mexico's Yucatan peninsula on a track toward Florida, having already killed 10 people in Haiti.

By Michael Christie MIAMI (Reuters) - Hurricane Wilma became the most powerful Atlantic hurricane on record on Wednesday as it churned toward western Cuba and Mexico's Yucatan peninsula on a track toward Florida, having already killed 10 people in Haiti.

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