Hanna death toll rises as Ike threatens Bahamas
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Powerful Hurricane Ike charged across the Atlantic toward the Bahamas and the U.S. east coast on Thursday while Tropical Storm Hanna's death toll from floods and mudslides in Haiti grew to 90.
Nations:U.S. Mexico People:Kevin Williams Activities:2005 Hurricane Katrina 2008 Hurricane Gustav 2008 Hurricane Hanna Source:(Reuters)
2008-09-04
New Orleans largely spared by Hurricane Gustav
NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans evacuees scattered across the country were eager to return home after their city was largely spared by Hurricane Gustav, but Mayor Ray Nagin warned they may have to wait in shelters and motels a few days longer.
Nations:U.S. Mexico Activities:2008 Hurricane Gustav 2005 Hurricane Katrina Source:(AP)
2008-09-02
Gustav only sideswipes New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS - A weaker-than-expected Gustav swirled into the fishing villages and oil-and-gas towns of Louisiana's Cajun country Monday, delivering only a glancing blow to New Orleans that did little more than send water sloshing harmlessly over its rebuilt floodwalls.
Nations:Mexico U.S. Activities:2008 Hurricane Gustav 2005 Hurricane Katrina Source:(AP)
2008-09-01
Gulf Coast residents flee ahead of powerful Gustav
NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Gustav charged across the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday as residents fled New Orleans and the National Guard prepared to patrol evacuated neighborhoods in a city still recovering three years after Katrina.
Nations:U.S. Mexico People:John McCain Activities:2008 Hurricane Gustav 2005 Hurricane Katrina
2008-08-31
Powerful Gustav rips across Cuba, 300,000 evacuate
HAVANA - Cubans returned from shelters to find flooded homes and washed-out roads Sunday, but no deaths were reported after a monstrous Hurricane Gustav roared across the island and into the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico.
Nations:Cuba U.S. Dominican Republic Jamaica Mexico Spain Activities:2008 Hurricane Gustav 2005 Hurricane Katrina Source:(AP)
2008-08-31
McCain, Palin in Pa.; GOP convention eyes Gustav
WASHINGTON, Pa. - John McCain voiced concern for Gulf Coast residents fleeing the path of Hurricane Gustav on Saturday and made plans to visit Mississippi even as he reintroduced running mate Sarah Palin to a raucous crowd in a key battleground state.
Nations:U.S. Mexico People:Joseph Biden Barack Obama John McCain George W. Bush Activities:US Election 2008 2005 Hurricane Katrina Source:(AP)
2008-08-31
New Orleans orders mandatory evacuation
NEW ORLEANS - Residents were ordered to flee an only partially rebuilt New Orleans Sunday as another monster storm bore down on Louisiana nearly three years to the day after Hurricane Katrina wiped out entire swaths of the city.
Nations:U.S. Mexico People:John McCain Activities:2008 Hurricane Gustav 2005 Hurricane Katrina Source:(AP)
2008-08-30
Over 150,000 march in Mexico against crime
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - More than 150,000 Mexicans dressed in white marched on Saturday to protest a wave of kidnappings and gruesome murders, putting pressure on President Felipe Calderon to meet his promises to crack down on crime.
Nations:Mexico Colombia People:Felipe Calderon Source:(Reuters)
2008-08-30
Gustav slams Cuba as Cat 4 storm; many evacuated
HAVANA - Gustav howled into Cuba's Isla de Juventud as a monstrous Category 4 hurricane on Saturday while both Cubans and Americans scrambled to flee the path of the fast-growing storm.
Nations:Cuba U.S. Jamaica Mexico Activities:2005 Hurricane Katrina 2008 Hurricane Gustav Source:(AP)
2008-08-30
Powerful Gustav roars toward Cuba, gulf
HAVANA (Reuters) - Hurricane Gustav, now a major storm picking up steam over warm sea waters, roared toward western Cuba on Saturday en route to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean.
Nations:Mexico Jamaica U.S. Activities:2008 Hurricane Gustav 2005 Hurricane Katrina 2005 Hurricane Rita Source:(Reuters)
2008-08-30
Gustav swells to dangerous Cat 3 storm off Cuba
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands - Gustav swelled to a fearsome Category 3 hurricane early Saturday with winds of 115 mph as it approached western Cuba on a track to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast three years after Hurricane Katrina.
Nations:Cuba Mexico Jamaica U.S. Activities:2008 Hurricane Gustav Source:(AP)
2008-08-30
Gustav headed for current that fuels big storms
WASHINGTON - The difference between a monster and a wimp for Gulf of Mexico hurricanes often comes down to a small patch of warm deep water that's easy to miss. It's called the Loop Current, and hurricane trackers say Gustav is headed right for it, reminiscent of Katrina.
Nations:Mexico U.S. Activities:2008 Hurricane Gustav 2005 Hurricane Katrina Source:(AP)
2008-08-29
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