Ida weakens to a tropical depression, heads east
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (AP) Ida sloshed ashore with rain and gusty winds before losing its tropical storm strength today, leaving weather-hardened Gulf Coast residents largely unscathed. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Ida s center f...
 1.6K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 221.0 Ida weakens as it approaches Gulf
MIAMI (AP) Ida is no longer a hurricane as it loses strength over the water on its way to a landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast sometime early Tuesday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami downgraded Ida to a tropical storm this morning after it...
0.7K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 136.0 Ida heads for U.S. after drenching C. America
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) Former Hurricane Ida drenched Central America as a tropical depression today and forecasters said it had some chance of regaining force and heading toward the U.S. Ida had winds of 75 mph when it hit the central Nicraguan co...
1.2K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 480.0 Storm kills 23 in Vietnam
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) Tropical Storm Mirinae unleashed severe flooding in parts of central Vietnam, killing 23 people, leaving two missing and stranding families on rooftops, disaster officials said today. The death toll in the hardest-hit province o...
2.8K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 163.0 Rare bird seen in Coos Bay
The Pineapple Express normally hits the South Coast in December, but a tropical visitor alighted in Coos Bay a little early this season. Suzette Eagler of Lakeside was out crabbing with her husband Wednesday morning when she spotted a brown booby acr...
1.9K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 111.0 Birders scope out rare visitor to bay
It's not uncommon in December for a warm Pineapple Express storm system to hit the South Coast, but this week a tropical visitor arrived in Coos Bay a little early. Suzette Eagler of Lakeside was out crabbing with her husband Wednesday morning when s...
1.9K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 136.0 Birders scope out rare visitor to bay
It's not uncommon in December for a warm Pineapple Express storm system to hit the South Coast, but this week a tropical visitor arrived in Coos Bay a little early. Suzette Eagler of Lakeside was out crabbing with her husband Wednesday morning when s...
1.9K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 136.0 Weakened tropical storm Rick nears Mexico resorts
LOS CABOS, Mexico Once-powerful Hurricane Rick lost most of its punch as it headed toward Mexican resort regions as a tropical storm today, but local authorities still prepared for evacuations due to flooding. Rick had been the strongest hurricane ...
2.5K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 1000.0 Dangeorus Hurricane Rick grows off Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) Hurricane Rick quickly strengthened into an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm off Mexico s Pacific coast on Saturday and forecasters said it could strike the Baja California Peninsula in about five days. The storm had sustaine...
1.7K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 86.0 Asia storm leaves more than 300 dead
MANILA, Philippines (AP) One of the most destructive storms in years extended its deadly path across Southeast Asia, blowing down wooden villages in Cambodia and crushing Vietnamese houses under mudslides after submerging much of the Philippine cap...
5.4K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 205.0 Governor: Handle runaway convert case in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland believes the case of a Muslim girl who ran away to Florida after converting to Christianity should by handled by Ohio authorities. Strickland spokeswoman Amanda Wurst said Friday the state has no reason ...
3.2K - Sep. 12, 2009; scored 200.0 Hurricane Fred winds hit 120 mph
MIAMI (AP) Hurricane Fred has quickly strengthened to a Category 3 storm in the Atlantic, but is far from land at this time. Fred s maximum sustained winds have increased to near 120 mph today. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Fred becam...
0.7K - Sep. 9, 2009; scored 430.0 Jimena skirts resorts
LOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) Hurricane Jimena pounded the middle of Mexico s Baja California Peninsula today after lashing the Los Cabos resort region with driving rains and thundering surf. Winds from the once-mighty storm had fallen to near 105 mph by ...
5.7K - Sep. 2, 2009; scored 232.0 Clouds of summer
This is the summer of Barack Obama s discontent. The leaping optimism that greeted his election is dwindling steadily as harsh reality settles in. The latest Washington Post/ABC survey reflects this changing mood. Obama s personal approval still stan...
3.2K - Sep. 2, 2009; scored 86.0 Clouds of summer
This is the summer of Barack Obama s discontent. The leaping optimism that greeted his election is dwindling steadily as harsh reality settles in. The latest Washington Post/ABC survey reflects this changing mood. Obama s personal approval still stan...
3.2K - Sep. 1, 2009; scored 86.0 Here comes Jimena
Associated Press Writer LOS CABOS, Mexico Tourists fled resorts at the tip of the Baja California Peninsula as Hurricane Jimena roared their way today, but many slum dwellers concerned about looting refused to leave their imperiled homes. Jimena, ...
3.9K - Sep. 1, 2009; scored 167.0 Strong hurricane threatens Mexico
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico Emergency workers built shelters for thousands of endangered families as a strengthening Hurricane Jimena roared toward Mexico s resort-studded Baja California peninsula today. Jimena, a dangerous Category 4 storm, could rak...
2.7K - Aug. 31, 2009; scored 111.0 Boy missing in rough N.C. surf
CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. (AP) People on the East Coast warily eyed the approaching Tropical Storm Danny, which reinforced the dangers of even a weakening storm after a young boy went missing Friday in rough surf. From the Carolinas to New England, fore...
3.7K - Aug. 29, 2009; scored 665.0 Obamas vacation on Martha's Vineyard
WASHINGTON Hurricane Bill blew out in time for the Obama family to blow in to Martha s Vineyard off the Massachusetts coast for the president s first vacation since taking office. Some Obama friends, including White House adviser Valerie Jarrett an...
3.3K - Aug. 24, 2009; scored 86.0 Two killed in Hurricane Bill's wake
PORTLAND, Maine The remnants of Hurricane Bill moved out into the Atlantic, forecasters said today, a day after the storm s powerful winds churned up waves that were blamed in the deaths of at least two people on the East Coast. A 7-year-old girl ...
4.5K - Aug. 24, 2009; scored 155.0 | 
