Cyclone Glenda upgraded to category 5

BREAKING STORM NEWS: AUSTRALIA
March 29, 2006
Australia is bracing for its second major cyclone in two weeks as a storm with winds of around 280km/h (175mph) headed for its western coast.
Cyclone Glenda was expected to hit north-west Australia's Pilbara coastline late on Thursday.
A major iron ore port on the Pilbara coast has sent its ships out to calmer waters, and the 10,000 residents of the coastline are preparing their houses.
Australia's north-east is still recovering from Cyclone Larry.
That storm, which hit the state of Queensland, caused no fatalities but left a damage bill which is expected to top AU$1bn (US$707m).
A weather forecaster told ABC radio on Wednesday that Cyclone Glenda's current wind speeds were similar to that of Larry's prior to it hitting the coast.
"It is a very large system, one of the strongest cyclones we have seen off our Australian coastline," Gavin Edmonds said.

On a Related Note (U.S.)
CLICK TO ENLARGE PHOTO The 'Long Island Express' hurricane of Sept. 22, 1938, wrecked boats and pier sheds in New London, Conn.

New England Overdue for Big Hurricane
March 29, 2006

DOVER, N.H. — New England could be in for a big one. Meteorologists say conditions — including warmer temperatures in the Atlantic Basin and cooler temperatures in the Pacific Ocean — are ripe for the Northeast coast to be hit by a whopper of a hurricane this season.