231-mph Nh Wind Gust Is No Longer World's Fastest

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- First the Old Man, now the Big Wind. New Hampshire's Mount Washington has lost its distinction as the site of the fastest wind gust ever recorded on Earth, officials at the Mount Washington Observatory said Tuesday....

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