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Track Tropical Storms Hanna, Ike and Josephine

By Scott Sistek Published: Sep 2, 2008 at 10:15 AM PDT Last Updated: Nov 21, 2008 at 1:34 AM PDT

Our new hurricane tracker was very popular for Gustav, so here is a way to use the same software and track the three current tropical storms rolling around in the Atlantic Ocean: Hurricane/Tropical Storm Hanna

Tropical Storm Ike

Tropical Storm Josephine

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