Hurricanes and Tropical Storms

Colo. team predicts above-average hurricane season
AP – Wed Dec 9, 9:01 pm ET

FORT COLLINS, Colo. - Colorado State University researchers are predicting a more active Atlantic hurricane season next year, with six to eight hurricanes, at least three of them major. Full Story »
Active 2010 Atlantic hurricane season predicted
Reuters – Wed Dec 9, 11:54 am ET

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MIAMI (Reuters) - The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season will be "above-average" in activity and produce 11 to 16 tropical storms, including six to eight hurricanes, a leading team of U.S.-based researchers said on Wednesday. Full Story »
Deal in works to resolve some FEMA trailer claims
AP – Wed Dec 2, 2:58 pm ET

NEW ORLEANS - Lawyers for one of several trailer manufacturers accused of supplying the federal government with toxic hurricane shelters said Wednesday they were negotiating a settlement for thousands of claims. Full Story »
14,000 homes on Ala. coast to lose wind coverage
AP – Wed Dec 2, 1:24 pm ET

MOBILE, Ala. - Allstate Corp. and Alfa Mutual plan to drop wind coverage on an estimated 14,000 homeowner policies in Alabama's two coastal counties over the next 18 months, the latest blow to property owners seeking insurance in an area vulnerable to hurricanes. Full Story »
Hurricane season ends with barely a whimper
AP – Mon Nov 30, 4:51 pm ET

SAVANNAH, Ga. - The Atlantic hurricane season ended Monday with barely a whimper: Not a single hurricane came ashore in the United States. Full Story »
Katrina ruling could bring new deluge of lawsuits
AP – Thu Nov 19, 6:06 pm ET

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NEW ORLEANS - A landmark court ruling blaming the Army Corps of Engineers' "monumental negligence" for some of the worst flooding from Hurricane Katrina could lead to a new deluge: billions of dollars in legal action from thousands of storm victims. Full Story »
US Army Corps at fault for New Orleans levee failures: judge
AFP/Getty Images/File – Thu Nov 19, 1:58 pm ET

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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) - The deadly levee failures that led to the 2005 flooding of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina were due to negligence by the US Army Corps of Engineers, a federal judge has ruled. Full Story »
U.S. government liable for some Katrina damage: judge
Reuters – Thu Nov 19, 7:54 am ET

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was negligent in maintaining a key navigational channel in New Orleans and was liable for some damage caused by massive flooding from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Full Story »
East Coast storm begins to move out to sea
AP – Fri Nov 13, 10:13 pm ET

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OCEAN CITY, N.J. - A powerful storm born from the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida began moving out to sea Friday after raking the East Coast for three days, leaving behind it a trail of flooding, damaged buildings, eroded beaches and at least six deaths. Full Story »
Dolphin stranded in Ala. after Tropical Storm Ida
AP – Fri Nov 13, 3:56 pm ET

GULF SHORES, Ala. - An Atlantic bottlenose dolphin is being treated for dehydration and pneumonia after it was found stranded following Tropical Storm Ida's brush with the Alabama coast. Full Story »
House speaker wants federal money to tackle blight
AP – Fri Nov 13, 10:34 am ET

BATON ROUGE, La. - Federal recovery money that remains unused since hurricanes Katrina and Rita should be spent on blight remediation and infrastructure repairs in New Orleans, House Speaker Jim Tucker said Thursday. Full Story »
Ask AP: Soldier in Uzbekistan, solar panel safety
AP – Fri Nov 13, 8:45 am ET

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A lot of the sunniest parts of the U.S. — like Florida and the Gulf Coast — are also prime hurricane country. Full Story »
The nation's weather
AP – Fri Nov 13, 8:41 am ET

The remnants of Tropical Storm Ida were expected to continue pushing up the East Coast and leave more wet weather over the Mid-Atlantic and New England on Friday. Full Story »
Mississippi sees "catastrophic" crop losses
Reuters – Thu Nov 12, 2:00 pm ET

MIAMI (Reuters) - Rain from Tropical Storm Ida further slowed the cotton, soybean and sweet potato harvest in Mississippi, where crop losses were devastating even before the storm hit, a state agriculture official said on Thursday. Full Story »
Ida further slows harvest for Southern farmers
AP – Thu Nov 12, 3:02 am ET

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Tropical Storm Ida may not have done much damage when it hit the Gulf Coast this week, but its wind and rain compounded the misery for Southern farmers already coping with a wet, difficult harvest season. Full Story »
Alabama city's new cruise ship arrives a day late
AP – Wed Nov 11, 4:31 pm ET

MOBILE, Ala. - Mobile's new cruise ship arrived a day late due to Tropical Storm Ida and prepared for a quick departure for the Mexican coast. Full Story »
New Orleans amusement park revival hits new snag
AP – Tue Nov 10, 4:12 pm ET

NEW ORLEANS - The revival of an amusement park flooded by Hurricane Katrina has suffered a setback after the cable television network Nickelodeon said it has ended its relationship with a Louisiana company trying to redevelop the abandoned site in eastern New Orleans. Full Story »
Ida weakens to a depression, soaks the Southeast
AP – Tue Nov 10, 4:02 pm ET

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PENSACOLA, Fla. - Tropical Storm Ida sloshed ashore with rain and gusty winds Tuesday before weakening to a depression, causing little damage along the Gulf Coast but bringing more rain to the already-soaked Southeast. Full Story »