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Hurricane Ida, the first Atlantic hurricane to target the United States this year, plodded Sunday toward the Gulf Coast with 100 mph winds, bringing the threat of flooding and storm surges.

The storm could dump as much as 20 inches of rain as it crosses eastern Nicaragua, with the risk of flash floods and mudslides, according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center.

Hurricane Rick has decreased to a Category 3 storm as it swirls off Mexico’s Pacific coast but is still a dangerous storm that forecasters say could veer into resorts at the tip of the Baja California peninsula.

Hurricane Rick churned up potentially dangerous surf along a swath of Mexico’s coast as an “extremely dangerous” Category 5 storm, the strongest in the eastern North Pacific Ocean in more than a decade.

Hurricane Bill became a dangerous Category 4 storm with top sustained winds near 135 mph early Wednesday, and forecasters said it could get even stronger as it howls over the open Atlantic.

National Hurricane Center director Bill Read explains why there have been fewer hurricanes this season. He also gives advice on how to stay prepared for storms, even when there seems to be no immediate threat of danger.

The past decade has been the most intense period of hurricane activity since the medieval ages. The new study, using data from the earth and oceans, found that conditions were ideal for hurricanes about 1,000 years ago.

In 1992, Hurricane Andrew smashed an aquarium tank in Florida. About a half-dozen spiny, venomous lionfish washed into the Atlantic Ocean, spawning an invasion that could kill off local industry along with the native fish.

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