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A GOES-12 infrared satellite image of Hurricane Alex provided by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Monterey, Calif., shows the storm at 1:00 p.m. EST in the western Gulf of Mexico, June 30, 2010. Alex has winds of 85 mph and is the first June hurricane in the Atlantic since 1995.

HURRICANE ALEX

A GOES-12 infrared satellite image of Hurricane Alex provided by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Monterey, Calif., shows the storm at 1:00 p.m. EST in the western Gulf of Mexico, June 30, 2010. Alex has winds of 85 mph and is the first June hurricane in the Atlantic since 1995.

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