US east coast braces for deadly Hanna, Hurricane Ike nears (AFP)
AFP - Tropical Storm Hanna closed in on the US east coast Friday after leaving 136 dead in Haiti, as powerful Hurricane Ike threatened Caribbean islands and the United States.
Atlantic Coast's turn for storm prep as Hanna eyes Southeast; could be hurricane by weekend (StarTribune.com)
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Officials along the southern Atlantic coast held off ordering evacuations Wednesday amid uncertainty about where Tropical Storm Hanna might come ashore and how strong it will be when it gets there.Instead, they kept close tabs as Hanna battered the southern Bahamas and Haiti. Forecasters tentatively predicted the storm would return to hurricane strength before hitting somewhere along...Source : StarTribune.com (subscribe)Explore : Hurricanes
Hanna spins off Haiti's coast, could hit U.S. as a hurricane (Baltimore Sun)
Far-reaching Tropical Storm Hanna drenched flood-plagued Haiti today, adding to the miseries of a country that has lost 110 lives to mudslides and flooding since mid-August. Source : Baltimore Sun (subscribe)
Hanna kills 21 in Haiti; could hit US East Coast as a hurricane this week (StarTribune.com)
Heavy rain from the storm's outer bands fell relentlessly in Haiti, a country still recovering from drenchings by Hurricane Gustav and Tropical Storm Fay in the past two weeks. In all, floods and mudslides from the three storms have killed more than 100 people as Haiti's deforested hills melted away in the torrential rains.In Puerto Rico, flooding was blamed for the drowning death of a Colombian university...Source : StarTribune.com (subscribe)
Hurricane Hanna threatens US southeast coast (kansascity.com)
Hurricane Hanna was moving little early Tuesday as its rains drenched the southeastern Bahamas along with the Turks and Caicos Islands.Source : kansascity.com (subscribe)
Hurricane Hanna threatens US southeast coast (Examiner)
Hurricane Hanna stalled for hours over the southeastern Bahamas on Monday, lashing the islands with fierce winds and rain. Forecasters said it could threaten the southeast United States by midweek.Source : Examiner (subscribe)
Hurricane Hanna threatens US southeast coast (AP)
AP - Hurricane Hanna stalled for hours over the southeastern Bahamas on Monday, lashing the islands with fierce winds and rain. Forecasters said it could threaten the southeast United States by midweek.
Hurricane Gustav Nears Louisiana Coast (Red Orbit )
Powerful Hurricane Gustav was 85 miles south of near-deserted New Orleans early Monday, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. The city was advised at 6 a.m. Gustav was a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 115 mph with higher gusts.Source : Red Orbit (subscribe)Explore : Hurricane Gustav, Hurricanes, Louisiana, Sciences
Weakened Hurricane Gustav hits U.S. Gulf coast
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Hurricane Gustav roared ashore on the U.S. Gulf coast on Monday, lashing New Orleans with strong winds and heavy rain but sparing the city devastated by 2005's Hurricane Katrina its full force.
Weakened Hurricane Gustav hits U.S. Gulf coast (Reuters)
Reuters - Hurricane Gustav roared ashore on
the U.S. Gulf coast on Monday, lashing New Orleans with strong
winds and heavy rain but sparing the city devastated by 2005's
Hurricane Katrina its full force.
Hurricane Gustav tears into US coast (AFP)
AFP - Hurricane Gustav slammed into the US Gulf Coast Monday, whipping up fearsome rain and isolated tornadoes around a deserted New Orleans almost exactly three years after the terrifying disaster of Hurricane Katrina.
Powerful Hurricane Hits Gulf Coast
It appeared that the worst of Hurricane Gustav would pass to the west of the city, and the Army Corps of Engineers said that water was not likely to flow over the levee system.
Powerful Hurricane Lashes Gulf Coast
It appeared that the worst of Hurricane Gustav would pass to the west of the city, and the Army Corps of Engineers said that water was not likely to flow over the levee system.
Hurricane Gustav pounds Louisiana coast (Boston Globe)
Hurricane Gustav lashed the Louisiana coast on Monday with pounding rain and heavy winds, posing the biggest threat to the New Orleans area since the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
Hurricane Gustav charges toward Gulf Coast (Kansas City Star)
Hurricane Gustav charged toward the largely deserted coast of Louisiana early Monday morning and seemed destined to make landfall west of a city still recovering three years after Katrina's devastating blow.Source : Kansas City Star (subscribe)
Hurricane Gustav pounds Louisiana coast
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Hurricane Gustav lashed the Louisiana coast on Monday with pounding rain and heavy winds, posing the biggest threat to the New Orleans area since the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Hurricane Gustav charges toward Gulf Coast (Examiner)
Hurricane Gustav charged toward the largely deserted coast of Louisiana early Monday morning and seemed destined to make landfall west of a city still recovering three years after Katrina's devastating blow.Source : Examiner (subscribe)
Hurricane Gustav pounds Louisiana coast (Reuters)
Reuters - Hurricane Gustav lashed the
Louisiana coast on Monday with pounding rain and heavy winds,
posing the biggest threat to the New Orleans area since the
devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Hurricane Gustav charges toward Gulf Coast (AP)
AP - Hurricane Gustav charged toward the largely deserted coast of Louisiana early Monday morning and seemed destined to make landfall west of a city still recovering three years after Katrina's devastating blow.
Hurricane Gustav nears Louisiana coast (Reuters)
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Hurricane Gustav hurtled toward collision with the Louisiana coast on Monday, bringing pounding rain, surging wind and the most direct threat to New Orleans since the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Source : Reuters (subscribe)Explore : Sciences
Hurricane Gustav hits US coast (AFP)
AFP - Torrential rain and winds from Hurricane Gustav lashed the US Gulf coast early Monday after nearly two million people fled the killer storm.
Hurricane Gustav nears Louisiana coast
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Hurricane Gustav hurtled toward collision with the Louisiana coast on Monday, bringing pounding rain, surging wind and the most direct threat to New Orleans since the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
HURRICANE GUSTAV: Gustav charges forward; nearly 2 million flee coast (Detroit Free Press)
At 2 a.m. EDT Monday, the National Hurricane Center said Gustav was centered about 170 miles south-southeast of New Orleans, moving northwest near 16 mph with top sustained winds of 115 mph.Source : Detroit Free Press (subscribe)
Hurricane Gustav begins lashing US coast (AFP)
AFP - Storm force winds and rain from approaching Hurricane Gustav began lashing the US Gulf coast early Monday, soon after nearly two million people fled the state of Louisiana ahead of the killer storm.
Gulf Coast Braces for Arrival of Hurricane Gustav (MSNBC.com)
As the Gulf Coast braces for the arrival of Hurricane Gustav, residents flee out of harm's way. Source : MSNBC.com (subscribe)
U.S. Gulf Coast prepares for Hurricane Gustav
? Hurricane Gustav damage could near $30B ? Gustav's winds 185 km/h, a Category 3 storm ? Much of Gulf Coast under hurricane warning ? New Orleans to impose dusk-to-dawn curfew
Hurricane Gustav heads toward U.S. Gulf Coast
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Hurricane Gustav churned toward the Louisiana coast through the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico on Sunday with strength that could rival 2005's Hurricane Katrina, prompting low-lying New Orleans to begin evacuation.
New Orleans residents ordered to evacuate as massive Hurricane Gustav bears down on Gulf Coast (New York Newsday)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) _ As dawn broke Sunday over a city under siege, bumper-to-bumper traffic was reported in nearly every direction as residents heeded orders to flee an only partially rebuilt New Orleans. Police and National Guard troops were on the streets, preparing to patrol evacuated neighborhoods. And officials nervously watched the track of Hurricane Gustav, a Category 3 monster that threatens...Source : New York Newsday (subscribe)Explore : US
Hurricane warning issued along central Gulf coast (kansascity.com)
The Gulf coast from far western Louisiana to the Alabama-Florida border is under a hurricane warning as Gustav nears.Source : kansascity.com (subscribe)Explore : Florida, US
Hurricane warning issued along central Gulf coast (AP)
AP - The Gulf coast from far western Louisiana to the Alabama-Florida border is under a hurricane warning as Gustav nears.
Hurricane watch issued for Gulf Coast of US (AP)
AP - The National Hurricane Center has issued a hurricane watch for Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and part of Texas.
Cuba, Gulf Coast braced for Hurricane Gustav
Authorities along the U.S. Gulf Coast are scrambling to prepare for the landfall of a major hurricane over the next few days with Category 3 storm Gustav continuing to gather pace early Saturday as it moved across the Caribbean towards the western tip of Cuba.
Gulf Coast braced for major hurricane
Authorities along the U.S. Gulf Coast are scrambling to prepare for the landfall of a major hurricane over the next few days with Category 3 storm Gustav continuing to gather pace early Saturday as it barrelled across the Caribbean towards the western tip of Cuba.
Gulf Coast on major hurricane alert
Authorities along the U.S. Gulf Coast are scrambling to prepare for the landfall of a major hurricane over the next few days with Category 3 storm Gustav continuing to gather pace early Saturday as it barrelled across the Caribbean towards the western tip of Cuba.
Gustav strengthens back into a hurricane, hits Caymans on course for Cuba and US Gulf Coast (Star Tribune)
Hotels asked guests to leave and, after the airport closed, prepared to shelter those who remained. Chris Smith, of Frederick, Maryland, said his hotel handed out wrist bands marked with guests' names and room numbers so that "if something happens they can quickly identify us.""That was a little bit sobering," he said, standing outside the hotel with his luggage.The storm killed four people in a daylong...Source : Star Tribune (subscribe)Explore : US
Hurricane Gustav looms; Gulf Coast evacuations planned this weekend
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) _ Hurricane Katrina victims still living in temporary housing along Mississippi's coastline should begin evacuating this weekend as Gustav approaches the Gulf Coast, Gov. Haley Barbour said Friday.
Hurricane Gustav approaches Haiti's south coast, on track to also hit Cuba (New York Newsday)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) _ Gustav became a hurricane early Tuesday as it approached Haiti's southern coast. Source : New York Newsday (subscribe)Explore : World
Hurricane Gustav nears Haiti's southern coast (AP)
AP - Gustav became a hurricane early Tuesday as it approached Haiti's southern coast.
Hurricane Dolly weakens, hits Texas coast
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hurricane Dolly hit the coast of Texas at South Padre Island Wednesday afternoon and has weakened into a Category 1 hurricane, the U.S. National Weather Service said.
Hurricane Dolly weakens, hits Texas coast (Reuters)
Reuters - Hurricane Dolly hit the coast of Texas
at South Padre Island Wednesday afternoon and has weakened into
a Category 1 hurricane, the U.S. National Weather Service said.
Hurricane Dolly weakens, hits Texas coast: NHC
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hurricane Dolly hit the coast of Texas at South Padre Island Wednesday afternoon and has weakened into a Category 1 hurricane, the U.S. National Weather Service said.
Hurricane Dolly weakens, hits Texas coast: NHC (Reuters)
Reuters - Hurricane Dolly hit the coast of Texas
at South Padre Island Wednesday afternoon and has weakened into
a Category 1 hurricane, the U.S. National Weather Service said.
Dolly lashes Texas coast as Category 2 hurricane (AP)
AP - Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami say Hurricane Dolly has strengthened to a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds near 100 mph.
Hurricane Dolly Strikes Texas-Mexico Coast (Fox News)
Hurricane Dolly struck land Wednesday, threatening to dump 15 inches of rain and with sustained winds of 95 mph.Source : Fox News (subscribe)Explore : Mexico, Texas
Hurricane Dolly front edge hits Texas-Mexico coast (AP)
AP - Hurricane Dolly's leading edge blew down signs, damaged an apartment complex and knocked out electricity to thousands as it hit the Gulf Coast on either side of the Texas-Mexico border early Wednesday.
Hurricane Dolly bears down on Texas-Mexico coast (Los Angeles Times)
Rain started to fall along the Gulf Coast as Hurricane Dolly closed in on towns straddling the Texas-Mexico border, packing 85 mph winds that could strengthen when it hits land later Wednesday. Source : Los Angeles Times (subscribe)Explore : Mexico, Texas
Edge of Hurricane Dolly lashes Texas coast (AP)
AP - Hurricane Dolly strengthened early Wednesday as its leading edge lashed the Gulf Coast near the Texas-Mexico border with heavy rain and powerful winds.
Edge of Hurricane Dolly hits Texas coast (AP)
AP - Hurricane Dolly's leading edge arrived on the Gulf Coast early Wednesday, packing heavy rain and powerful winds that could strengthen before the center of the storm hits towns straddling the Texas-Mexico border later in the day.
Hurricane Dolly set to hit Texas-Mexico coast; officials fear flooding may burst levees (StarTribune.com)
BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Rain started to fall along the Gulf Coast as Hurricane Dolly closed in on towns straddling the Texas-Mexico border, packing 85 mph winds that could strengthen when it hits land later Wednesday.The Category 1 hurricane was expected to dump up to 15 inches of rain, threatening flooding that could breach levees in the heavily populated Rio Grande valley.Dolly was upgraded from a tropical...Source : StarTribune.com (subscribe)
Hurricane Dolly bears down on Texas-Mexico coast (AP)
AP - Rain started to fall along the Gulf Coast as Hurricane Dolly closed in on towns straddling the Texas-Mexico border, packing 85 mph winds that could strengthen when it hits land later Wednesday.