July 30, 1999

Using Computer Model of Wind Flow, Clemson U. Researchers Hope to Predict Hurricane Paths

By VINCENT KIERNAN

Whenever a hurricane bears down on the U.S. coast, homeowners anywhere near its path expect the worst, and businesses brace for major losses.

There's good reason for such pessimism: Although meteorologists can predict the approximate path that a hurricane will follow, emergency-preparedness officials have little corresponding ability to predict which areas along the storm's track will be laid waste and which

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