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Extreme Weather

Friday, February 8, 2013 11:08am

From flooding, to snow storms, to lightning across Tampa Bay, we're seeing a lot of extreme weather from all over the world. Here's just a sampling.

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The HMS Bounty is seen docked at the Million Dollar Pier.

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The 180-foot-long, 412-ton ship was docked at the Vinoy Basin from 1965 to 1986. Built in 1960 by MGM Studios for the movie Mutiny on the Bounty, it was the first period ship constructed from the keel up soley for filming a motion picture. It was also used in The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie and most recently was used as a set for a hard-core porn movie called Pirates.

Afghan children peer through a fence that surrounds a swimming pool on a hill overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 17, 2013. The swimming pool build by the Soviets more then 30 years ago has rarely been used caught instead in the middle of decades of war.

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Cyclone Mahasen heads toward South Asia, Palestinians and Isreali forces clash, Cuba and India celebrate with festivals and more from around the world.

In this May 6, 2013 photo, former resident and tourist guide Norma Berg walks by a street in Epecuen, a village that once was submerged in water in Argentina. People come to see the rusted hulks of automobiles and furniture, crumbled homes and broken appliances. They climb staircases that lead nowhere, and wander through a graveyard where the water toppled headstones and exposed tombs to the elements.

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A formerly submerged Argentinian village, a Bengali garment worker who survived 17 days trapped in ruble and scenes from the house where three missing women were rescued in Cleveland this week.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback E.J. Biggers (31) smacks cornerback Ronde Barber (20) on the helmet after Barber's fumble recovery during the first quarter as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers play the Atlanta Falcons at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday, September 25, 2011.

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Selected by the Bucs as the 66th pick of the 1997 draft, Ronde Barber went on to spend his entire 16-year career with the team. Barber is the only player in NFL history to have recorded 47 interceptions, a club record, and 28 sacks (not including the postseason). Follow his career in these photos.

Tampa Bay Buccaneer defensive tackle Warren Sapp celebrates after stopping the Buccaneers the Denver Broncos on their last fourth down play of the game, securing the Buccaneer's win on Sunday afternoon at Raymond James Stadium Tampa.

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As the Buccaneers announce that former defensive tackle Warren Sapp will join the team's Ring of Honor and have his jersey number retired, we take a look back at Sapp's time in Tampa Bay.

1976 - Lee Roy Selmon With the franchise's inaugural pick and the first pick of the 1976 NFL draft, the Buccaneers selected Oklahoma defensive lineman Lee Roy Selmon (left), pictured here with brothers Lucious and Dewey in their hometown of Eufaula, Oklahoma. Dewey Selmon would be picked by the Buccaneers in the second round. A perennial All-Pro, and the first Buccaneer to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Lee Roy Selmon died in 2011. 1976 photo

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Lauren Staples, 3, reacts to seeing the Disney character Belle during the Queen For a Day event at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on May 15, 2013. Staples is currently undergoing treatment for leukemia. Callie Peck, 3, right, also participated in the event and is also undergoing leukemia treatment.

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Barbara Walters is shown after opening night on the ABC evening news with anchor partner Harry Reasoner on Oct. 4, 1976. It was the first time a woman had anchored an evening newscast on network television. Reasoner was openly disdainful of Walters on-air and never spoke to her off camera.

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Jennifer Johnson-Allums holds her 9 week old daughter Jenesis on May 6, 2013 at her home in Riverview. She and her husband Correy have been married for three and a half years, and she gave birth to a son in 2011 but he only lived for about three hours. Her daughter represents a new beginning for her family, so she and her husband picked a name to reflect that.

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