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Report: Equipment failure hurting hurricane forecasts (Daytona Beach News-Journal)
MIAMI -- The failure of crucial weather-observing equipment, the diversion of hurricane hunter planes and tight budgets are hindering forecasters at the National Hurricane Center as they try to predict the deadly storms, a newspaper reported Sunday.

Paper: Hurricane Center Equipment Broken (AP via Yahoo! News)
Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center have struggled for more than a decade to issue accurate storm reports using broken equipment, an overbooked airplane fleet and tight budgets, a newspaper reported Sunday.

Hurricane forms near Madeira islands (AAP via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News)
The 20th tropical storm of an uncommonly active Atlantic hurricane season turned into a hurricane after forming near Portugal's Madeira islands.

Hurricane Katrina (BBC News)
In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina tore through many areas of the Gulf Coast. BBC Weather looks at how Katrina formed as it headed towards the coasts of southern USA.

Broken equipment, tight budgets hinder hurricane forecasters (CNews)
MIAMI (AP) - Forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center have struggled for more than a decade to issue accurate storm reports using broken equipment, an overbooked airplane fleet and tight budgets, a newspaper reported Sunday.

Paper: Hurricane Center Equipment Broken (Gainesville Sun)
orecasters at the National Hurricane Center have struggled for more than a decade to issue accurate storm reports using broken equipment, an overbooked airplane fleet and tight budgets, a newspaper reported Sunday.

Hurricane forms near Madeira islands (Sydney Morning Herald)
The 20th tropical storm of an uncommonly active Atlantic hurricane season strengthened quickly into a hurricane on Sunday after forming in an unusual location, near Portugal's Madeira islands.