score: 4, Disasters, 2009-08-17 13:00:53, published by CNN
Bill became the first hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic season as it continued to gain strength but remained far from shore Monday morning. Claudette, on the other hand, became the first tropical storm to hit the U.S. mainland this year when it made landfall in the Florida Panhandle at 1:12 a.m ET.<... [additional details]
