Norbert becomes Category 4 hurricane in Pacific
Last Updated: 5:15 PM 10/08/08 -
Hurricane Norbert has strengthened to a powerful, Category 4 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast.
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Marco hits Mexico's Gulf Coast
Last Updated: 12:22 PM 10/07/08 -
Tropical Storm Marco has roared ashore on Mexico's Gulf coast with near-hurricane force winds.
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Tropical Storm Marie forms over the Pacific
Last Updated: 12:06 PM 10/01/08 -
The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Marie has formed over the Pacific, hundreds of miles southwest of the Baja California Peninsula. (Full Story) |
Laura weakens in Atlantic, Marie forms in Pacific
Last Updated: 11:59 AM 10/01/08 -
The National Hurricane Center says Laura has weakened over the cold waters of the north Atlantic and is no longer a tropical storm.
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Laura moving toward cold waters of north Atlantic
Last Updated: 11:11 AM 09/30/08 -
The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Laura is moving toward the cold waters of the north Atlantic and expected to gradually weaken over the next few days. (Full Story) |
Laura, 11th named storm, forms far out in Atlantic
Last Updated: 12:31 PM 09/29/08 -
The National Hurricane Center says Laura has formed over the north central Atlantic as the 11th named storm of the season. (Full Story) |
Storm off Southeast coast heads for North Carolina
Last Updated: 6:42 PM 09/25/08 -
Strong winds are kicking up rough surf as an intense low-pressure system chugs toward the Southeast coast with gusts of up to 40 miles-an-hour. (Full Story) |
Tropical Storm Kyle forms south of Bermuda
Last Updated: 5:09 PM 09/25/08 -
The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Kyle has formed south of Bermuda in the Atlantic. (Full Story) |
Bush, Clinton team up again to aid Ike victims
Last Updated: 12:51 PM 09/24/08 -
Former presidents Bush and Clinton are joining forces again to help out the victims of Hurricane Ike. (Full Story) |
Southeast coastal storm could become tropical
Last Updated: 12:03 PM 09/24/08 -
A gale warning has been posted for most of the Southeast coast as forecasters caution that a powerful storm in the Atlantic could become a tropical system. (Full Story) |
Ike-battered Galveston allows residents to return
Last Updated: 11:44 AM 09/24/08 -
Nearly two weeks after Ike, some Texas residents are returning to their homes on Galveston Island to find almost all of their possessions lost. (Full Story) |
Four deaths blamed on heavy rain and floods in Puerto Rico
Last Updated: 3:39 PM 09/22/08 -
Four people are dead in incidents linked to heavy rain from a tropical disturbance that has drenched Puerto Rico. Police say two people drowned in the flooding caused by more than 2 feet of rain that has fallen in parts of the U.S. Caribbean territory. Two heart attack deaths are also blamed on the weather. (Full Story) |
Texas officials struggle to stabilize post-Ike services
Last Updated: 1:06 PM 09/19/08 -
A week after being ravaged by Hurricane Ike, the coastal communities in Texas continue their struggle to pull themselves together. (Full Story) |
First gas station reopens on Galveston Island
Last Updated: 12:00 PM 09/19/08 -
Another sign of normal life returning to Galveston, Texas, appeared early Friday in the form of a reopened gas station. (Full Story) |
Galveston: City isn't ready for residents' return
Last Updated: 1:49 PM 09/18/08 -
Officials in Galveston say the barrier island just "isn't ready" for residents to return even briefly to the city thrashed by Hurricane Ike. (Full Story) |
Ike's US toll hits 51; search team leaves island
Last Updated: 3:11 PM 09/17/08 -
The U.S. death toll from Hurricane Ike has climbed past 50 but appears to have leveled off in Texas. (Full Story) |
Thousands still without power as Ky. cleans up
Last Updated: 2:09 PM 09/17/08 -
Jefferson County Public Schools say classes are canceled for the rest of the week. (Full Story) |
Ike's US toll climbs to 50 with latest Texas death
Last Updated: 12:55 PM 09/17/08 -
Hurricane Ike's death toll in the U.S. is up to 50 as authorities on the Texas coast are reporting another fatality from the storm. (Full Story) |
Miserable post-Ike life won't change soon for many
Last Updated: 11:51 AM 09/17/08 -
Most Houston residents are still without power days after Ike came roaring ashore on the Texas coast. (Full Story) |
Ike leaves Midwest in the dark after rain, winds
Last Updated: 11:37 AM 09/17/08 -
Facing a third straight day without power, residents across the Midwest are are making sure things like batteries, generators, ice and coolers don't stay on store shelves very long. (Full Story) |
Thousands still without power as cleanup continues
Last Updated: 11:36 AM 09/17/08 -
About 159,000 homes and businesses in the Louisville area were without power for a fourth day as crews continued to repair damage from the remnants of Hurricane Ike. (Full Story) |
Officials consider ordering holdouts off battered island
Last Updated: 4:05 PM 09/16/08 -
Government officials say the few hundred holdouts on Bolivar Peninsula near Galveston, Texas, will have to leave in the next few days. Galveston County Judge Jim Yarbrough says the roughly 250 "old timers who aren't going to want to leave" may have to be ordered off the barrier island that was decimated by Hurricane Ike. (Full Story) |
Mayor announces 'look and leave' policy
Last Updated: 3:02 PM 09/16/08 -
People wanting to come back to hurricane-stricken Galveston, Texas, are now allowed to briefly return to check out their property. (Full Story) |
Bush returns to Gulf Coast, this time for Ike
Last Updated: 11:31 AM 09/16/08 -
President Bush says that people displaced by Hurricane Ike need to listen to local officials before returning home.
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Ike survivors may wait weeks for hot meals, baths
Last Updated: 11:11 AM 09/16/08 -
More relief is on the way for Hurricane Ike evacuees in Texas. (Full Story) |
What's left of Ike leaves a mess
Last Updated: 4:05 PM 09/15/08 -
Two million homes and businesses in Ohio and more than 300,000 in three other states are without power. Hurricane Ike and its remnants are being blamed for heavy rains, high winds and flash flooding. At least 34 people have died, from Texas to New York. (Full Story) |
Salvation Army serves in Galveston, deploys to Houston, elsewhere
Last Updated: 3:39 PM 09/15/08 -
More than 100 Salvation Army mobile feeding units responded to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Ike in Texas. (Full Story) |
Recovery snags in Houston
Last Updated: 2:39 PM 09/15/08 -
Houston's recovery from Ike is slow going, and tempers are starting to fray among the estimated thousands of people packed into shelters. (Full Story) |
Ike's death toll reaches 32
Last Updated: 2:01 PM 09/15/08 -
Hurricane Ike is being blamed for a weekend of devastation in nine states. (Full Story) |
Bush: Ike put 'pinch' on energy supply, prices
Last Updated: 12:25 PM 09/15/08 -
President Bush says Hurricane Ike has placed a pinch on the energy supply, driving up prices and frustration. (Full Story) |
Rescue workers arrive at resort cut off by Ike
Last Updated: 11:47 AM 09/15/08 -
For the first time since Hurricane Ike swamped the Gulf Coast, rescuers are flying into areas cut off by the storm and are evacuating survivors. (Full Story) |
19k without electricity in western Kentucky
Last Updated: 11:22 AM 09/15/08 -
Strong winds from the storm that began as Hurricane Ike brought down power lines and tree limbs in a broad swath up the Ohio Valley, hitting Kentucky hard. (Full Story) |
Hurricane Ike makes economic landfall
Last Updated: 4:29 PM 09/12/08 -
The price of wholesale gasoline is quickly rising as Hurricane Ike closes in on the many refineries along the upper Texas coast. (Full Story) |
Pres. Bush comments on Hurricane Ike
Last Updated: 4:28 PM 09/12/08 -
President Bush says he is "deeply concerned" about Hurricane Ike. He added: "It's a large storm headed to a major population center." (Full Story) |
Texans evacuate and hunker down
Last Updated: 4:27 PM 09/12/08 -
Instructions to write their name and Social Security number on their forearm in case of "something bad" were enough to finally persuade at least one couple to get out ahead of Hurricane Ike. (Full Story) |
Cuba raises death toll from Hurricane Ike to 7
Last Updated: 4:18 PM 09/12/08 -
Cuba has raised its official death toll from Hurricane Ike to seven. It says three more people were killed by the storm when they did not follow government evacuation orders. (Full Story) |
Winds stall rescue of crew on ship facing Ike
Last Updated: 3:53 PM 09/12/08 -
Hurricane Ike's winds have thwarted a rescue attempt for the crew of a freighter stranded in the Gulf of Mexico. (Full Story) |
Rescue attempt for crew on stalled ship facing Ike
Last Updated: 1:07 PM 09/12/08 -
Aircraft have been dispatched to the Gulf of Mexico to try to rescue 22 crewmen on a stalled freighter in the dangerous path of Hurricane Ike. (Full Story) |
Despite warnings, some stay to face Ike
Last Updated: 12:31 PM 09/12/08 -
Despite a National Weather Service warning that they could "face certain death," some residents of Galveston and other low-lying Texas communities are determined to stay put as Hurricane Ike approaches. (Full Story) |
Texas prepares for Ike's eye to make landfall Friday night
Last Updated: 11:29 AM 09/12/08 -
Texas residents are scrambling to get ready for Hurricane Ike. (Full Story) |
As Ike nears, chain asks for limit on gas buys
Last Updated: 11:25 AM 09/12/08 -
Hurricane Ike is on a path straight toward the nation's biggest complex of refineries and petrochemical plants, and that's raising worries about gasoline supplies. (Full Story) |
Coast Guard says ship must ride out storm
Last Updated: 11:10 AM 09/12/08 -
The Coast Guard says 22 people aboard a 584-foot freighter adrift in the Gulf of Mexico must ride out Hurricane Ike because it's too dangerous for a rescue attempt. (Full Story) |
Ike's storm surge closes some Florida Panhandle roads
Last Updated: 4:20 PM 09/11/08 -
As Hurricane Ike churns toward Texas, its storm surge is causing flooding along the eastern part of the Gulf Coast. (Full Story) |
Texas prepares for an ominous Hurricane Ike
Last Updated: 3:25 PM 09/11/08 -
Traffic on the roads leading away from Galveston County, Texas, is building as local residents scramble inland ahead of Hurricane Ike.
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Texas governor: Hurricane Ike will be dangerous
Last Updated: 2:04 PM 09/11/08 -
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is urging residents to finish storm preparations ahead of a very dangerous Hurricane Ike. (Full Story) |
Ike growing larger, but hasn't strengthened
Last Updated: 11:46 AM 09/11/08 -
A hurricane warning has been issued for the Gulf Coast from central Louisiana to most of the Texas coastline. (Full Story) |
Hurricane warning, mandatory evacuations issued ahead of Ike
Last Updated: 11:35 AM 09/11/08 -
The mayor of Galveston, Texas, has ordered a mandatory evacuation of the island city and a hurricane warning is in effect for most of the Texas coast ahead of Hurricane Ike's projected arrival this weekend. (Full Story) |
Texas evacuates parts of Gulf Coast ahead of Ike
Last Updated: 10:08 AM 09/11/08 -
Authorities in the Houston area and along the Southeast Texas Gulf Coast are ordering hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Ike.
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Gasoline prices spike on Ike's approach
Last Updated: 10:00 AM 09/11/08 -
The wholesale price for gasoline produced on the Gulf Coast has jumped about 30 percent as Hurricane Ike churns toward Texas and its massive petroleum refining infrastructure. (Full Story) |
Hurricane Ike gets stronger on a path to Texas
Last Updated: 6:33 PM 09/10/08 -
They're getting ready for Ike along the Texas Coast as the Category 2 storm picks up strength from the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. (Full Story) |
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