Missouri State Center Wiki: Polk County, Missouri
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On September 28, 1998, the Mississippi Gulf Coast took a direct hit by Hurricane Georges that left approximately 230,000 people without electricity and about 15,000 residents in public shelters. In Biloxi, Mississippi, flooding and hurricane-force winds (over 95 miles per hour) damaged several homes and businesses, necessitating curfew and a state of emergency.
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Polk County, Missouri
Missouri CountiesPages about Polk county:
- Genealogy Web Archives - Polk County, Missouri
- Missouri Census - Polk County, Missouri
- Polk County Sheriff's Department - Includes news, county information, contacts, and lists missing children.
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Hurricane episodes are naturally occurring meteorological depressions that evolve over open water in the tropics, usually between the latitudes of 30o N and 30o S; a rotating disturbance forms around a center of calm atmosphere, usually 30 to 50 kilometers in diameter, with air circulating counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
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