That means much of the Atlantic seaboard of Europe has turned green.

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Faced with a total media vacuum, Mr Romney's campaign has found a way to keep him in the news without actually having him hustle for votes while the Atlantic seaboard gets pounded.

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"The whole Atlantic seaboard from Normandy to the Pyrenees is missionary territory for the National Front, " says local party leader Jean-Marc de Lacoste-Lareymondie.

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Deliveries from gas basins in the south-west to the markets of the heavily populated Atlantic seaboard in the north-east are dwindling.

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On the ground, public transit systems were shut down Tuesday across much of the mid-Atlantic and Northeastern seaboard.

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And my first message is to all the people across the Eastern seaboard, Mid-Atlantic, going north, that you need to take this very seriously and follow the instructions of your state and local officials, because they are going to be providing you with the best advice in terms of how to deal with this storm over the coming days.

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For so many people in California, the Eastern seaboard might as well be across the Atlantic.

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As Hurricane Irene hammers the Eastern Seaboard, the battles over the link between global warming and more frequent and ferocious hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean has resurfaced in the blogosphere.

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