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Hurricane & Tropical Storm Warnings as Ida approaches the northern Gulf Coast

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NOAA releases August hurricane outlook; near to below normal season

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Hurricane Season 2009 update- fewer storms predicted

The 2009 Hurricane Season is off to a very slow start. In a matter of fact, this is... more

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Heavy rainfall threat continues to increase

The wet weather pattern continues to unfold and will likely bring several inches of... more

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El Nino develops; what this may mean for Mississippi

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced the arrival of El... more

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Landfalling major hurricanes have been more common in Mississippi

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New storm barrage could cause more floods in South

The soggy Gulf Coast braced for another barrage of storms Thursday that could send already-swollen rivers over their banks and into people's homes. Forecasters warned possible tornadoes and damaging hail could accompany severe thunderstorms expected to sweep across the Southeast.

The National Weather Service issued flood warnings for the Tallahassee area and cities around Florida's central Panhandle, wary of strong thunderstorms forecast to move into the area. Meteorologists called for between 2 and 4 inches of rain though some midday sunshine peeked from clouds ahead of the approaching front.

"Our primary concern today is more flash flooding," said public safety director Dino Villani of Okaloosa County, which includes Fort Walton Beach. "Very little rain can cause a lot of problems."

Villani said officials were closely monitoring the development of storms after his county's swift water rescue team helped 15 residents from waterlogged homes after flash floods Saturday.

The Blackwater River, which runs through the Panhandle's Santa Rosa County, was expected to crest at 8 feet Thursday afternoon, the same height it reached Monday. Emergency officials urged residents along that river to take precautions.

All along the low-lying Gulf Coast on an arc from Florida to Louisiana, authorities were watching.

To the west in St. Tammany Parish, La., emergency officials remained on alert for any flooding from the Pearl River, already driven by previous days' storms to more than four feet above flood stage at about 19 feet Wednesday.

"We're not expecting significant house flooding. We're expecting significant street flooding," Parish spokeswoman Suzanne Stymiest said. "But it's hard to predict."

The National Weather Service said the Pearl River — which forms part of the Mississippi-Louisiana state line — appeared to crest Thursday morning at 19.2 feet, below a record 21.05 feet reached in April 1983 that caused damaging flooding. Heavy rains swamped some low-lying roads and prompted flash flood warnings in scattered Louisiana coastal communities.

Even light rainfall could add to the woes of already drenched areas. Parts of the Southeast have seen nearly a foot of rainfall in recent days, and a few areas had upward of 17 inches. Scores of people were evacuated, but most have returned to their homes.

"All the rivers are still so swollen that it's not going to take a lot of rain to bring them back up," said weather service meteorologist Jeff Garmon in Mobile, Ala.The soggy Gulf Coast braced for another barrage of storms Thursday that could send... more

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$3.9 billion in Katrina recovery funds still unspent

WASHINGTON — A massive effort to fix public works destroyed more than three... more

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10 places already feeling global warming's heat

While some consider global warming a cautionary tale of things to come, its effects... more

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'STICK 'EM UP!' Wheat Pasting Documentary

Stick 'em Up! is a documentary that takes an in depth look into the over shadowed... more

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Senate Lifts Offshore Drilling Ban In Huge Spending Bill

Senators have passed a spending bill that aids Gulf Coast disaster victims and... more

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Bush to visit hurricane-struck Texas

Scheduled to go to Gulf Coast Tuesday to express sympathy for Ike victims

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Bush warns of 'disaster fatigue'

President skips political fundraisers to assess damage along Gulf Coast

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Tree teams work to save storm-hit canopies

Hurricanes that whip the Gulf and Atlantic coasts of Southern states take a human... more

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Hurricane Ike approach Time Lapse video

About 1 mile SouthEast of downtown Houston, Texas A few hours before Ike's... more

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Killer Ike blasts Bahamas, floods Haiti, hits Cuba

CAMAGUEY, Cuba (AP) -- Hurricane Ike bore down on Cuba after roaring across low-lying islands Sunday, tearing apart houses, wiping out crops and worsening floods in Haiti that have already killed more than 300 people.

With Ike forecast to sweep across Cuba and possibly hit Havana head-on, hundreds of thousands of Cubans evacuated to shelters or higher ground. To the north, residents of the Florida Keys fled up a narrow highway, fearful that the "extremely dangerous" hurricane could hit them Tuesday.

At least 58 people died as Ike's winds and rain swept Haiti Sunday - and officials found three more bodies from a previous storm - raising the nation's death toll from four tropical storms in less than a month to 319. A Dominican man was crushed by a falling tree. It was too early to know of deaths on other islands where the most powerful winds were still blowing.

Ike's center hit the Bahamas' Great Inagua island, where the roofs of its two shelters both sprung leaks under the 135 mph (217 kph) winds. As the storm passed, people inside peeked through windows at toppled trees and houses stripped of their roofs.

"It's nasty. I can't remember getting hit like this," reserve police officer Henry Nixon said from inside a shelter holding about 85 people.

Great Inagua has about 1,000 people and about 50,000 West Indian flamingos - the world's largest breeding colony. Both populations sought safety from the winds and driving rain, with the pink flamingos gathering in mangrove thickets. Biologists worried that their unique habitat could be destroyed.

"There's a possibility that the habitat can't really be replaced, and that they can't find an equivalent spot," said Greg Butcher, bird conservation director for the National Audubon Society. "You might have a significant drop in the number of flamingos."

At 8 p.m. EDT (0000 GMT), Ike had weakened slightly to a Category 3 hurricane with top winds of 120 mph (195 kph). It was about 30 miles off Cuba's northern coast, moving westward at 14 mph (22 kph).

The U.S. National Hurricane Center predicted Ike's eye would make landfall early Monday and could hit Havana, the capital of 2 million people with many vulnerable old buildings, by Monday night.CAMAGUEY, Cuba (AP) -- Hurricane Ike bore down on Cuba after roaring across low-lying... more

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Hanna heads toward US as Ike a few days behind

* Hanna could become hurricane before hitting Carolinas * Hanna death toll rises to... more

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Hurricane Katrina: After the Levees Broke

Confronted with the approach of Hurricane Gustav, by Sunday afternoon a historic... more

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FEMA Is Eager to Show It Learned From Katrina

Inside the headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Sunday, no one... more

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The Gulf Coast waits: Will it be another Katrina?

With a historic evacuation complete, and gun-toting police and National Guardsmen standing watch over this city's empty streets, even presidential politics stood still Sunday while the nation waited to see if Hurricane Gustav would be another Katrina.

The storm was set to crash ashore midday Monday with frightful force, testing the three years of planning and rebuilding that followed Katrina's devastating blow to the Gulf Coast.

Painfully aware of the failings that led to that horrific suffering and more than 1,600 deaths, this time, officials moved beyond merely insisting tourists and residents leave south Louisiana. They threatened arrest, loaded thousands onto buses and warned that anyone who remained behind would not be rescued.

"Looters will go directly to jail. You will not get a pass this time," Mayor Ray Nagin said. "You will not have a temporary stay in the city. You will go directly to the Big House."

Col. Mike Edmondson, state police commander, said he believed that 90 percent of the population had fled the Louisiana coast. The exodus of 1.9 million people is the largest evacuation in state history, and thousands more had left from Mississippi, Alabama and flood-prone southeast Texas.

Late Sunday, Gov. Bobby Jindal issued one last plea to the roughly 100,000 people still left on the coast: "If you've not evacuated, please do so. There are still a few hours left."

Louisiana and Mississippi temporarily changed traffic flow so all highway lanes led away from the coast, and cars were packed bumper-to-bumper. Stores and restaurants shut down, hotels closed and windows were boarded up. Some who planned to stay changed their mind at the last second, not willing to risk the worst.

"I was trying to get situated at home. I was trying to get things so it would be halfway safe," said 46-year-old painter Jerry Williams, who showed up at the city's Union Station to catch one of the last buses out of town. "You're torn. Do you leave it and worry about it, or do you stay and worry about living?"With a historic evacuation complete, and gun-toting police and National Guardsmen... more

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