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Tropical Storms 'Don' And 'Hilary' Bring Out Political Jokes On Twitter

BOSTON (CBS) -- It's no joke--forecasters are tracking two tropical systems named Don and Hilary.

Don is a remnant of a storm in the Caribbean.

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(WBZ-TV graphic)

Hilary is a tropical depression in the Pacific Ocean that could become a tropical storm.

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(WBZ-TV graphic)

The World Meteorological Organization comes up with the names of storms several years in advance, so the names had nothing to do with 2016 presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton--but the coincidence is creating quite a tweetstorm.

Send us your jokes about the storms.

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