Hurricane News

Ike's maximum sustained winds have dropped to near 125 mph as of 5 a.m. EDT Friday.

Some Southeastern states declared emergencies and officials urged residents to head inland Thursday as Tropical Storm Hanna headed toward the Atlantic coast, where it could bring high winds and rain from South Carolina to Maine.

Meanwhile, disaster planners eyed ferocious-looking Hurricane Ike strengthening in the Atlantic. And with power outages and problems from Hurricane Gustav lingering in Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and relief groups found themselves juggling three storms.

The federal government says it will pay hotel expenses for some of the nearly 2 million people who fled their homes ahead of Hurricane Gustav, but exactly who will be eligible for assistance and how much it ...

Some Southeastern states declared emergencies and officials urged residents to head inland Thursday as Tropical Storm Hanna headed toward the Atlantic coast, where it could bring high winds and rain from South ...

Residents moved boats and booked inland hotel rooms while National Guard troops prepared to deploy along the Southeastern coast as Tropical Storm Hanna plowed through the Atlantic on Thursday, with Category 4 ...

Officials at a temporary shelter in Oklahoma City say about 1,000 Hurricane Gustav evacuees will soon begin boarding buses to return to their homes in Louisiana.

Some residents along the south Atlantic coast have started moving boats and booking rooms at inland hotels as they get ready for the arrival of what could be Hurricane Hanna.

Sep 3 - Evacuees who fled the U.S. Gulf Coast as Hurricane Gustav threatened head home to meet storm damage.

Tropical Storm Hanna knocked out power to the southern Bahamas on Wednesday and officials from Nassau to South Carolina warned residents to prepare for possible evacuations as it moves north and grows into a ...

As a stream of traffic queued up on the highways leading back to New Orleans, Mayor Ray Nagin decided Wednesday to let residents who fled Hurricane Gustav back after all _ with a stern warning the city was ...

Wall Street fluctuated Wednesday, with investors relieved about falling commodities prices but still unsettled about the uncertainty surrounding the economy.

MARC, Haiti - A day after sending Haitian families scrambling onto rooftops to avoid flooding, Tropical Storm Hanna was meandering off the country's northern coast Wednesday, dumping heavy rain on much of ...

Traders work in the crude oil options pit Tuesday on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange.

John McCain and his fellow Republicans rallied behind his vice presidential pick, Sarah Palin, on Tuesday and his campaign accused Democrat Barack Obama of sexism for questioning her level of experience.

Hurricane Hanna slumped to tropical storm strength while grinding away at the Bahamas and other Atlantic islands on Tuesday, and forecasters said it still poses a hurricane threat to the U.S. East Coast.

Anxious evacuees across the country clamored to come home Tuesday after Hurricane Gustav largely spared New Orleans and southern Louisiana, but were cautioned to wait for the restoration of power and other ...

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol is sending more than 30 troopers to Louisiana to assist following Hurricane Gustav.

A mandatory evacuation order and curfew are still in effect in New Orleans, where nearly 80,000 customers have no power.

Republicans, determined to propel John McCain to the White House, opened their storm-shortened national convention on Monday amid distractions involving running mate Sarah Palin. Police made more than 250 arrests in the surrounding streets as anti-war protests turned violent.

Delegates had scarcely settled into their seats when it was disclosed a lawyer had been hired to represent the Alaska governor in an investigation of her firing of the state's public safety commissioner. The other disclosure was personal, not political _ the pregnancy of her 17-year-old unmarried daughter.

Jerry Lewis raised a record $65 million for the Muscular Dystrophy Association in his annual Labor Day telethon, a benefit that also made a pitch for those inconvenienced by Hurricane Gustav.