Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/922 Hurricanes and Tropical Storms en-us Fri, 09 May 2008 11:00:08 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/922 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_us/powerball_winner ap/20080509/powerball_winner AP Fri, 09 May 2008 11:00:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_us/powerball_winner"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.0f06d24ba0a9415f90848ed9155db987.powerball_winner_lawh102.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=suYwKAm_e_b9Dc1tZ_Qhgw--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Carl Hunter and his wife Diane Hunter hold a check representing the amount they won in the Louisiana Powerball Jackpot drawing in January, Thursday, May 8, 2008, in Baton Rogue. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)" border="0" /></a>AP - A construction company owner who lost two homes in Hurricane Katrina claimed a $97 million Powerball prize, a jackpot won off a ticket he bought at a convenience store where he stopped to buy his wife a gallon of milk.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_us/powerball_winner"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.0f06d24ba0a9415f90848ed9155db987.powerball_winner_lawh102.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=suYwKAm_e_b9Dc1tZ_Qhgw--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="Carl Hunter and his wife Diane Hunter hold a check representing the amount they won in the Louisiana Powerball Jackpot drawing in January, Thursday, May 8, 2008, in Baton Rogue. (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/20080508/ap_on_re_as/the_perfect_storm ap/20080508/the_perfect_storm AP Thu, 08 May 2008 19:57:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_re_as/the_perfect_storm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.3fb59f0f81ed4437b876892ed21956e8.myanmar_cyclone_xaf109.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=Vcsl23LYUL6DqnJl0X9VtQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="A Myanmar woman prays inside the Aung Zey Yong Pagoda and monastery which was damaged in last weekend's devastating cyclone, in Kyauktan Township, southern Myanmar on Thursday May 8, 2008. Myanmar's isolationist regime Thursday gave clearance for the first major international airlift carrying aid to survivors of the cyclone that may have killed more than 100,000 people, officials said. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - A cyclone with winds up to 120 mph. A low-lying, densely populated delta region, stripped of its protective trees.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_re_as/the_perfect_storm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.3fb59f0f81ed4437b876892ed21956e8.myanmar_cyclone_xaf109.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=Vcsl23LYUL6DqnJl0X9VtQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Myanmar woman prays inside the Aung Zey Yong Pagoda and monastery which was damaged in last weekend's devastating cyclone, in Kyauktan Township, southern Myanmar on Thursday May 8, 2008. Myanmar's isolationist regime Thursday gave clearance for the first major international airlift carrying aid to survivors of the cyclone that may have killed more than 100,000 people, officials said. (AP Photo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_re_us/katrina_trailers ap/20080507/katrina_trailers AP Wed, 07 May 2008 22:00:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_re_us/katrina_trailers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080507/capt.b3898c62c86c4b4ebb5c68c27dccd910.katrina_trailers_laab106.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=0kmUR99WsEM2.Zk0D3InaA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A Federal Emergency Management Agency trailer sits in front of home in the Lakeview area of New Orleans Wednesday, May 7, 2008. Worried about the start of a new hurricane season and lingering fears about health hazards in federally supplied FEMA trailers, Mayor Ray Nagin is pushing to empty the thousands of trailers still standing in his city. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Lingering fears about formaldehyde fumes inside federally issued trailers and the impending hurricane season have Mayor Ray Nagin pushing to empty thousands of the structures, intended as temporary housing after Katrina.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_re_us/katrina_trailers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080507/capt.b3898c62c86c4b4ebb5c68c27dccd910.katrina_trailers_laab106.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=0kmUR99WsEM2.Zk0D3InaA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Federal Emergency Management Agency trailer sits in front of home in the Lakeview area of New Orleans Wednesday, May 7, 2008. Worried about the start of a new hurricane season and lingering fears about health hazards in federally supplied FEMA trailers, Mayor Ray Nagin is pushing to empty the thousands of trailers still standing in his city. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080503/ap_on_re_us/katrina_flood_lawsuit ap/20080503/katrina_flood_lawsuit AP Sat, 03 May 2008 11:27:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080503/ap_on_re_us/katrina_flood_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.357b48f218314977a7d473f44ee30bad.new_orleans_hispanics_xlat106.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=8bUJ37Fe1P6P8ha46T_YdA--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Latino workers congregate on a corner on Veterans Highway in Metarie, La., Monday, April 28, 2008. The workers are waiting for an opportunity to perform labor for those needing help renovating homes that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina. From third from left: Santiago Cabrera, 37, of Honduras, German Lopez, 39, of Honduras, Gustavo Cuzaves, 34 of Honduras and Oscar Navarete, 35. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Army Corps of Engineers can be held liable for flood damage caused by a "hurricane highway," a navigation channel that is believed to have funneled Hurricane Katrina's storm surge into the city, a federal judge ruled Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080503/ap_on_re_us/katrina_flood_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.357b48f218314977a7d473f44ee30bad.new_orleans_hispanics_xlat106.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=8bUJ37Fe1P6P8ha46T_YdA--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="Latino workers congregate on a corner on Veterans Highway in Metarie, La., Monday, April 28, 2008. The workers are waiting for an opportunity to perform labor for those needing help renovating homes that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina. From third from left: Santiago Cabrera, 37, of Honduras, German Lopez, 39, of Honduras, Gustavo Cuzaves, 34 of Honduras and Oscar Navarete, 35. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080502/ap_on_re_us/severe_weather ap/20080502/severe_weather AP Fri, 02 May 2008 23:57:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080502/ap_on_re_us/severe_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080502/capt.ba3d4b23bfc24092b279e1ac3b12908a.severe_weather_ksow104.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=mUINMyKmJ3ZW0.zNZMH4Og--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="Homes damaged by severe thunderstorms are viewed from the air over Gladstone, Mo., Friday, May 2, 2008. Severe thunderstorms with straight line winds damaged over 200 homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)" border="0" /></a>AP - Violent storms rolling across the nation's midsection unleashed tornadoes, high winds and hail in four states and killed seven people in Arkansas on Friday, including a teenager who died when a tree fell into her bedroom as she slept.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080502/ap_on_re_us/severe_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080502/capt.ba3d4b23bfc24092b279e1ac3b12908a.severe_weather_ksow104.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=mUINMyKmJ3ZW0.zNZMH4Og--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="photo" title="Homes damaged by severe thunderstorms are viewed from the air over Gladstone, Mo., Friday, May 2, 2008. Severe thunderstorms with straight line winds damaged over 200 homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080429/ap_on_re_us/katrina_doomsday_plan ap/20080429/katrina_doomsday_plan AP Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:26:02 GMT AP - On the eve of Hurricane Katrina, massive pumps that keep water out of this New Orleans suburb went silent when the roughly 100 workers who run them were allowed to flee under a "doomsday" evacuation plan. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080425/pl_nm/usa_politics_mccain_dc nm/20080425/usa_politics_mccain_dc Reuters Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:57:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080425/pl_nm/usa_politics_mccain_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080428/2008_04_28t075818_450x311_us_usa_politics_mccain.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=ffFhNjnIn2LGMbQAvH7Nqw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain leaves a news conference at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida April 27, 2008. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Republican presidential candidate John McCain and former rival Mike Huckabee dodged talk of whether Huckabee could be McCain's vice presidential running mate as they campaigned together on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080425/pl_nm/usa_politics_mccain_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080428/2008_04_28t075818_450x311_us_usa_politics_mccain.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=ffFhNjnIn2LGMbQAvH7Nqw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain leaves a news conference at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida April 27, 2008. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080422/us_nm/hurricane_outlook_wsi_dc nm/20080422/hurricane_outlook_wsi_dc Reuters Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:01:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080422/us_nm/hurricane_outlook_wsi_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080423/2008_04_22t170818_450x450_us_hurricane_outlook_wsi.jpg?x=130&y=130&q=85&sig=Pif1ewFJ1mGbAMfAr.l6gA--" align="left" height="130" width="130" alt="This image from the U.S.-French Jason oceanographic satellite released by NASA April 21, 2008 depicts one of the strongest La Ninas in many years as it is slowly weakening but continues to blanket the Pacific Ocean near the equator. (NASA/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Private weather forecaster WSI Corp said on Tuesday it raised the number of Atlantic hurricanes it expects this year to eight from seven due to warmer-than-normal ocean temperatures that will likely encourage storm development.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080422/us_nm/hurricane_outlook_wsi_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080423/2008_04_22t170818_450x450_us_hurricane_outlook_wsi.jpg?x=130&y=130&q=85&sig=Pif1ewFJ1mGbAMfAr.l6gA--" align="left" height="130" width="130" alt="photo" title="This image from the U.S.-French Jason oceanographic satellite released by NASA April 21, 2008 depicts one of the strongest La Ninas in many years as it is slowly weakening but continues to blanket the Pacific Ocean near the equator. (NASA/Handout/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080421/wl_asia_afp/chinaweathertyphoon afp/20080421/chinaweathertyphoon AFP Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:45:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080421/wl_asia_afp/chinaweathertyphoon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080421/capt.cps.myq63.210408074451.photo00.photo.default-512x419.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=JyiqdNV6WLFDJrzJFBSktQ--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="File photo shows police and fishermen evacuating an area in Taizhou in eastern China. Three people have been confirmed dead and 40 are missing after Typhoon Neoguri slammed into southern China at the weekend(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Three people have been confirmed dead and 40 are missing after Typhoon Neoguri slammed into southern China at the weekend, state media reported Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080421/wl_asia_afp/chinaweathertyphoon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080421/capt.cps.myq63.210408074451.photo00.photo.default-512x419.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=JyiqdNV6WLFDJrzJFBSktQ--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="photo" title="File photo shows police and fishermen evacuating an area in Taizhou in eastern China. Three people have been confirmed dead and 40 are missing after Typhoon Neoguri slammed into southern China at the weekend(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080419/wl_nm/china_typhoon_dc nm/20080419/china_typhoon_dc Reuters Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:41:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080419/wl_nm/china_typhoon_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080419/2008_04_18t211421_450x292_us_china_typhoon.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=O5ASXUeeys.eplHyHcqtew--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Boats stop at a harbour as Typhoon Neoguri approaches Haikou, Hainan province April 17, 2008. Southern China braced on Thursday for the first typhoon of the year, with almost 22,000 fishing boats called back to harbour, state media said. Picture taken April 17, 2008. (China Daily/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Typhoon Neoguri has weakened into a tropical storm after slamming into the southern Chinese island province of Hainan, with 18 fishermen reported missing, state media said on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080419/wl_nm/china_typhoon_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080419/2008_04_18t211421_450x292_us_china_typhoon.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=O5ASXUeeys.eplHyHcqtew--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Boats stop at a harbour as Typhoon Neoguri approaches Haikou, Hainan province April 17, 2008. Southern China braced on Thursday for the first typhoon of the year, with almost 22,000 fishing boats called back to harbour, state media said. Picture taken April 17, 2008. (China Daily/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters)