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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/922 science Hurricanes and Tropical Storms en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:09:17 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/922 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/us_meltdown_mosquito_boom ap/20090703/us_meltdown_mosquito_boom AP us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:09:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/us_meltdown_mosquito_boom"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.64b56f0d0838459383dd73ffd250b3c0.meltdown_mosquito_boom_px305.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ccIOkJJR.Nipmum_fZ7nDQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Christopher Tomlinson with the Bucks County department of health blows off a mosquito from his arm while he spreads biological larvicide into stagnant water to help control mosquito population at a public golf course in Fairless Hills, Pa., Friday, June 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)" border="0" /></a>AP - Millions of mosquito eggs laid across southern Texas after Hurricane Ike hit the coast last summer are waiting for the little bit of rain and hot summer days they need to hatch. That's got the man whose job it is to fight the bugs worried — he's already running out of money.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/us_meltdown_mosquito_boom"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.64b56f0d0838459383dd73ffd250b3c0.meltdown_mosquito_boom_px305.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ccIOkJJR.Nipmum_fZ7nDQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Christopher Tomlinson with the Bucks County department of health blows off a mosquito from his arm while he spreads biological larvicide into stagnant water to help control mosquito population at a public golf course in Fairless Hills, Pa., Friday, June 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/wl_nm/us_financial_caribbean nm/20090701/us_financial_caribbean Reuters world Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:07:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/wl_nm/us_financial_caribbean"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090701/i/r3725107675.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=BYSVyu6g5hG_LBdvee4bfw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="People work at a construction site in Basseterre June 11, 2009. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Caribbean's small island states ride out hurricanes year after year, but they are fighting to stay afloat in a global economic storm that is battering rich and poor nations alike.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/wl_nm/us_financial_caribbean"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090701/i/r3725107675.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=BYSVyu6g5hG_LBdvee4bfw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="People work at a construction site in Basseterre June 11, 2009. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090626/us_nm/us_storm_position_nhc nm/20090626/us_storm_position_nhc Reuters us Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:02:43 GMT Reuters - A tropical wave over the western Caribbean Sea between Honduras and Cuba has a moderate chance -- 30 to 50 percent -- of developing into a tropical cyclone over the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center forecast Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090625/wl_asia_afp/weatherphilippinesstorm afp/20090625/weatherphilippinesstorm AFP world Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:45:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090625/wl_asia_afp/weatherphilippinesstorm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090625/capt.photo_1245905110234-1-0.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=cbvpS_HKgn2JjGoVNp.mMA--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Map showing the path of tropical storm Nangka, which left at least eight people dead and 12 missing after it swept through central and northern Philippines, officials said Thursday.(AFP/Graphic)" border="0" /></a>AFP - At least eight people were killed while 12 others remained missing after tropical storm Nangka swept through the central and northern Philippines, officials said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090625/wl_asia_afp/weatherphilippinesstorm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090625/capt.photo_1245905110234-1-0.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=cbvpS_HKgn2JjGoVNp.mMA--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="Map showing the path of tropical storm Nangka, which left at least eight people dead and 12 missing after it swept through central and northern Philippines, officials said Thursday.(AFP/Graphic)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_go_co/us_fema_misspent_money ap/20090624/us_fema_misspent_money AP politics Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:24:58 GMT AP - The Federal Emergency Management Agency ignored the law and misused millions of dollars to build two warehouses after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, according to government investigators. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/tropical_weather ap/20090624/tropical_weather AP world Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:19:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/tropical_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090623/capt.a6d91b33d3224de4ab0e424741925c73.mexico_tropical_weather_mxmt102.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=rYfcxyLNjOWDCqiSbPDL0Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Rain and strong waves hit the beach as hurricane Andres arrives in the Pacific resort city of Manzanillo, Mexico Tuesday June 23, 2009. Andres strengthened into the Pacific season's first hurricane as it flooded homes, toppled trees and killed at least one person on its way up Mexico's southwestern coast.(AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)" border="0" /></a>AP - The remnants of Tropical Storm Andres were dissipating over the Pacific on Wednesday after flooding homes and killing at least one person on Mexico's southwestern coast.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/tropical_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090623/capt.a6d91b33d3224de4ab0e424741925c73.mexico_tropical_weather_mxmt102.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=rYfcxyLNjOWDCqiSbPDL0Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Rain and strong waves hit the beach as hurricane Andres arrives in the Pacific resort city of Manzanillo, Mexico Tuesday June 23, 2009. Andres strengthened into the Pacific season's first hurricane as it flooded homes, toppled trees and killed at least one person on its way up Mexico's southwestern coast.(AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090624/sc_nm/us_mexico_storm nm/20090624/us_mexico_storm Reuters science Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:51:22 GMT Reuters - Andres, the first hurricane of the eastern Pacific season, has weakened to a tropical depression, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said on Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090623/ts_alt_afp/usweatherstorm afp/20090623/usweatherstorm AFP us Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:48:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090623/ts_alt_afp/usweatherstorm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090623/capt.photo_1245792687881-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=aC6WOlkEVAj2gTyPlw8aag--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="This June 23, 2009 NOAA handout satellite image shows Tropical Storm Andres, located southeast of Manzanillo, Mexico. Andres has become the first hurricane of the season in the Pacific Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said on Tuesday as the storm moved toward the west coast of Mexico.(AFP/NOAA)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Andres has become the first hurricane of the season in the Pacific Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said on Tuesday as the storm moved toward the west coast of Mexico.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090623/ts_alt_afp/usweatherstorm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090623/capt.photo_1245792687881-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=aC6WOlkEVAj2gTyPlw8aag--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="This June 23, 2009 NOAA handout satellite image shows Tropical Storm Andres, located southeast of Manzanillo, Mexico. Andres has become the first hurricane of the season in the Pacific Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said on Tuesday as the storm moved toward the west coast of Mexico.(AFP/NOAA)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090622/wl_afp/mexicoweatherstorm afp/20090622/mexicoweatherstorm AFP world Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:40:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090622/wl_afp/mexicoweatherstorm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090622/capt.photo_1245703163360-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=xHz4O51VMgOWUDKHL0ta4A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="This June 22, 2009 NOAA handout satellite image shows Tropical Storm Andres, located southeast of Manzanillo, Mexico. Tropical storm Andres churned past beach resorts up Mexico's southwest Pacific coast on Monday as forecasters issued a warning and said it could grow into a hurricane.(AFP/NOAA)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Tropical storm Andres churned past beach resorts up Mexico's southwest Pacific coast on Monday as forecasters issued a warning and said it could grow into a hurricane.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090622/wl_afp/mexicoweatherstorm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090622/capt.photo_1245703163360-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=xHz4O51VMgOWUDKHL0ta4A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="This June 22, 2009 NOAA handout satellite image shows Tropical Storm Andres, located southeast of Manzanillo, Mexico. Tropical storm Andres churned past beach resorts up Mexico's southwest Pacific coast on Monday as forecasters issued a warning and said it could grow into a hurricane.(AFP/NOAA)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090611/ap_on_re_us/us_mayor_quarantined ap/20090611/us_mayor_quarantined AP us Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:55:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090611/ap_on_re_us/us_mayor_quarantined"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090608/capt.59b53991f50842e4841f2756cb02a969.mayor_quarantined_ny108.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=6uPTV5ChCwnKAGA3krf3kw--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="FILE - This Dec. 23, 2008 file photo shows New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin during an interview in his office at City Hall in New Orleans. Nagin is feeling well after he and his wife were quarantined in China because a passenger on their flight exhibited flu-like symptoms. Nagin's office said Sunday June 7, 2009, the couple and a security guard were quarantined at a hotel in Shanghai as a precaution and were exhibiting no swine flu symptoms. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin figured he could get through just about anything. But being held in quarantine in China amid swine flu concerns on what was supposed to be a simple economic development trip?</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090611/ap_on_re_us/us_mayor_quarantined"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090608/capt.59b53991f50842e4841f2756cb02a969.mayor_quarantined_ny108.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=6uPTV5ChCwnKAGA3krf3kw--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="FILE - This Dec. 23, 2008 file photo shows New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin during an interview in his office at City Hall in New Orleans. Nagin is feeling well after he and his wife were quarantined in China because a passenger on their flight exhibited flu-like symptoms. Nagin's office said Sunday June 7, 2009, the couple and a security guard were quarantined at a hotel in Shanghai as a precaution and were exhibiting no swine flu symptoms. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090609/ap_on_re_us/us_hurricane_planning ap/20090609/us_hurricane_planning AP us Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:01:33 GMT AP - Alabama has a message for its neighbors: Don't count on us next time you need shelter from a storm. And it's not because Louisiana evacuees made a mess last time they came. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090605/ts_alt_afp/uspolice afp/20090605/uspolice AFP us Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:11:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090605/ts_alt_afp/uspolice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090605/capt.photo_1244162182781-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=t8euHAiZQn8IKfwqawR1bA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Manuel Curry, seen here, the oldest active duty police officer in the United States, who battled the Nazis on the beaches of Normandy and the chaos which ravaged New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, has died at the age of 84(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The oldest active duty police officer in the United States, who battled the Nazis on the beaches of Normandy and the chaos which ravaged New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, has died at the age of 84.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090605/ts_alt_afp/uspolice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090605/capt.photo_1244162182781-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=t8euHAiZQn8IKfwqawR1bA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Manuel Curry, seen here, the oldest active duty police officer in the United States, who battled the Nazis on the beaches of Normandy and the chaos which ravaged New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, has died at the age of 84(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090604/ap_on_re_us/us_katrina_corps ap/20090604/us_katrina_corps AP us Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:46:37 GMT AP - Top brass at the Army Corps of Engineers say the estimated price of a major project to build three floodgates and a 1.8-mile storm surge barrier to protect New Orleans from hurricanes is now $1.8 billion. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090604/ap_on_re_us/us_katrina_pet_reunions ap/20090604/us_katrina_pet_reunions AP us Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:01:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090604/ap_on_re_us/us_katrina_pet_reunions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090604/capt.648dbd011c664c7ab04877bd945432f3.katrina_pet_reunions_lawh103.jpg?x=130&y=108&q=85&sig=e1fyTENbSEfu6Am1n5lwSA--" align="left" height="108" width="130" alt="Jessie Pullins and his dog J.J. pose for a photograph on the steps of their home in New Orleans, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. Pullins was reunited with J.J. after almost 4 year separation due to Hurricane Katrina. His fight to be reunited with his pet is portrayed in 'Mine,' a documentary that won an audience award at this year's South by Southwest film festival and is scheduled to be broadcast by PBS this spring. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jessie Pullins is certain J.J. recognized him when the door to his dog cage swung open, reuniting them for the first time since Hurricane Katrina struck nearly four years ago.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090604/ap_on_re_us/us_katrina_pet_reunions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090604/capt.648dbd011c664c7ab04877bd945432f3.katrina_pet_reunions_lawh103.jpg?x=130&y=108&q=85&sig=e1fyTENbSEfu6Am1n5lwSA--" align="left" height="108" width="130" alt="photo" title="Jessie Pullins and his dog J.J. pose for a photograph on the steps of their home in New Orleans, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. Pullins was reunited with J.J. after almost 4 year separation due to Hurricane Katrina. His fight to be reunited with his pet is portrayed in 'Mine,' a documentary that won an audience award at this year's South by Southwest film festival and is scheduled to be broadcast by PBS this spring. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090603/ap_on_re_us/us_katrina_trailer_deadline ap/20090603/us_katrina_trailer_deadline AP us Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:43:41 GMT AP - Thousands of Gulf Coast hurricane victims who have missed deadline after deadline to leave their federal housing are being offered additional help and the chance to buy trailers for as little as $1 as the government seeks to avoid mass evictions. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090603/ap_on_re_us/us_fema_foreclosed_homes ap/20090603/us_fema_foreclosed_homes AP business Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:43:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090603/ap_on_re_us/us_fema_foreclosed_homes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090603/capt.6050c98e45824893a2ab840d8c2d5ce9.fema_foreclosed_homes_ny115.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=ijZtIB4gC1AjWYoO4W_8cw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="FILE - In this March 24, 2009 file photo, a sign lies on the ground in front of a foreclosed home in Homestead, Fla. The federal government is exploring how to put Florida hurricane evacuees in foreclosed homes if a Katrina-like storm devastates the region and shelters, hotels and other housing options are full, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Trying to make the best of a bad situation, federal officials might use foreclosed homes as temporary housing for hurricane evacuees in Florida as soon as this summer.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090603/ap_on_re_us/us_fema_foreclosed_homes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090603/capt.6050c98e45824893a2ab840d8c2d5ce9.fema_foreclosed_homes_ny115.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=ijZtIB4gC1AjWYoO4W_8cw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this March 24, 2009 file photo, a sign lies on the ground in front of a foreclosed home in Homestead, Fla. The federal government is exploring how to put Florida hurricane evacuees in foreclosed homes if a Katrina-like storm devastates the region and shelters, hotels and other housing options are full, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)