Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/922 science Hurricanes and Tropical Storms en-us Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:06:37 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/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_katrina_flood_lawsuit ap/20091119/us_katrina_flood_lawsuit AP business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:06:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_katrina_flood_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.087d9fe31e74450c8e604b98d2090178.katrina_flood_lawsuit_ny107.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=6DSWZFeHXOsEUA6Im2jfCQ--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2005 file photo, residents wait on a rooftop to be rescued from the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. The federal government could be vulnerable to billions of dollars in claims after a judge rules that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - 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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_katrina_flood_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.087d9fe31e74450c8e604b98d2090178.katrina_flood_lawsuit_ny107.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=6DSWZFeHXOsEUA6Im2jfCQ--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2005 file photo, residents wait on a rooftop to be rescued from the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. The federal government could be vulnerable to billions of dollars in claims after a judge rules that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/ts_alt_afp/usjusticestormkatrina afp/20091119/usjusticestormkatrina AFP/Getty Images/File us Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:58:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/ts_alt_afp/usjusticestormkatrina"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258645868020-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=jNPjamMOX2ULeckEtQ0Zgw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Two new exhaust pipes at the US Army Corp's of Engineers 17th St. Canal Outfall Canal in New Orleans, blast out water out of the lower lying areas of New Orleans and back into Lake Pontchartrain, in 2007. The deadly levee failures which led to the flooding of New Orleans during 2005's Hurricane Katrina were due to negligence by the US Army Corps of Engineers, a federal judge ruled.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP/Getty Images/File - 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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/ts_alt_afp/usjusticestormkatrina"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258645868020-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=jNPjamMOX2ULeckEtQ0Zgw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="Two new exhaust pipes at the US Army Corp's of Engineers 17th St. Canal Outfall Canal in New Orleans, blast out water out of the lower lying areas of New Orleans and back into Lake Pontchartrain, in 2007. The deadly levee failures which led to the flooding of New Orleans during 2005's Hurricane Katrina were due to negligence by the US Army Corps of Engineers, a federal judge ruled.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP/Getty Images/File) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/ts_nm/us_usa_katrina_flooding nm/20091119/us_usa_katrina_flooding Reuters topstories Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:54:37 GMT 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. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091114/ap_on_re_us/us_severe_weather ap/20091114/us_severe_weather AP us Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:13:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091114/ap_on_re_us/us_severe_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091113/capt.0493f7d280c943a98355addc2bea378d.severe_weather_njsf103.jpg?x=130&y=67&q=85&sig=aenwymqOACBCb1Td2mz4Rg--" align="left" height="67" width="130" alt="A motorist drives through flood waters along Park Blvd. during severe weather, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 in Wildwood, N.J. AP Photo/Sean Fitzgerald)" border="0" /></a>AP - 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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091114/ap_on_re_us/us_severe_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091113/capt.0493f7d280c943a98355addc2bea378d.severe_weather_njsf103.jpg?x=130&y=67&q=85&sig=aenwymqOACBCb1Td2mz4Rg--" align="left" height="67" width="130" alt="photo" title="A motorist drives through flood waters along Park Blvd. during severe weather, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 in Wildwood, N.J. AP Photo/Sean Fitzgerald)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_on_re_us/us_severe_weather_stranded_dolphin ap/20091113/us_severe_weather_stranded_dolphin AP us Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:56:52 GMT AP - 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. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_on_bi_ge/us_hurricanes_federal_aid ap/20091113/us_hurricanes_federal_aid AP business Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:34:15 GMT AP - 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. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_on_sc/ask_ap ap/20091113/ask_ap AP science Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:45:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_on_sc/ask_ap"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091113/capt.43b5f17b71d14563a5f9fa0ac8f5f859.ask_ap_ask102.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=R.WnWoIu5LrOs0FoP.6ztw--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="File - U.S. Army soldier walks past a Humvee vehicle at the Khanabad base, Uzbekistan, in this May 28, 2002 file photo. A question about military casualties in Uzbekistan is being answered as part of an Associated Press Q&A column called 'Ask AP.' (AP Photo/Bagila Bukharbaeva, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A lot of the sunniest parts of the U.S. &mdash; like Florida and the Gulf Coast &mdash; are also prime hurricane country.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_on_sc/ask_ap"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091113/capt.43b5f17b71d14563a5f9fa0ac8f5f859.ask_ap_ask102.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=R.WnWoIu5LrOs0FoP.6ztw--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="photo" title="File - U.S. Army soldier walks past a Humvee vehicle at the Khanabad base, Uzbekistan, in this May 28, 2002 file photo. A question about military casualties in Uzbekistan is being answered as part of an Associated Press Q&A column called 'Ask AP.' (AP Photo/Bagila Bukharbaeva, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_on_re_us/us_weatherpage_weather ap/20091113/us_weatherpage_weather AP us Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:41:35 GMT AP - 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. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091112/us_nm/us_storm_mississippi_crops nm/20091112/us_storm_mississippi_crops Reuters us Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:00:51 GMT 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. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091112/ap_on_bi_ge/us_farm_scene_tropical_storm ap/20091112/us_farm_scene_tropical_storm AP business Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:02:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091112/ap_on_bi_ge/us_farm_scene_tropical_storm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091112/capt.a4d0912ccd7247578c471ce7ee374db5.farm_scene_tropical_storm_aldot101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=hz.LHVUwTdY4ehSjMxGIeg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A car passes by a rain-soaked cotton field in rural Henry County, Ala. late Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. The wind and rain from Tropical Storm Ida has compounded the misery for Southern farmers who were already coping with a delayed harvest season. (AP Photo/The Dothan Eagle, Jay Hare)" border="0" /></a>AP - 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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091112/ap_on_bi_ge/us_farm_scene_tropical_storm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091112/capt.a4d0912ccd7247578c471ce7ee374db5.farm_scene_tropical_storm_aldot101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=hz.LHVUwTdY4ehSjMxGIeg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A car passes by a rain-soaked cotton field in rural Henry County, Ala. late Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. The wind and rain from Tropical Storm Ida has compounded the misery for Southern farmers who were already coping with a delayed harvest season. (AP Photo/The Dothan Eagle, Jay Hare)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091111/ap_on_bi_ge/us_cruise_ship_arrives_alabama ap/20091111/us_cruise_ship_arrives_alabama AP business Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:31:34 GMT AP - Mobile's new cruise ship arrived a day late due to Tropical Storm Ida and prepared for a quick departure for the Mexican coast. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091110/ap_on_bi_ge/la_six_flags_new_orleans ap/20091110/la_six_flags_new_orleans AP business Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:12:16 GMT AP - 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. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091110/ap_on_re_us/tropical_weather ap/20091110/tropical_weather AP us Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:02:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091110/ap_on_re_us/tropical_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091110/capt.a46b09477ba6401693c1675cbe1b48d0.tropical_weather_flmw108.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=oVMD1KefVXdah11JyRXk0Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Workers clean up a flooded neighborhood in Destin, Fla on Tuesday Nov. 10, 2009 as Tropical Storm Ida passes through. (AP Photo/Mari Darr-Welch)" border="0" /></a>AP - 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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091110/ap_on_re_us/tropical_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091110/capt.a46b09477ba6401693c1675cbe1b48d0.tropical_weather_flmw108.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=oVMD1KefVXdah11JyRXk0Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Workers clean up a flooded neighborhood in Destin, Fla on Tuesday Nov. 10, 2009 as Tropical Storm Ida passes through. (AP Photo/Mari Darr-Welch)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091110/bs_nm/us_markets_oil nm/20091110/us_markets_oil Reuters business Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:44:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091110/bs_nm/us_markets_oil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259172260189-1-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=5TzYA_gr6ZlXyP6rkPOpyg--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="The OPEC oil exporting group is likely to maintain its production levels when cartel ministers meet in Luanda, Angola December 22, Algerian energy minister Chakib Khelil said on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Samuel Kubani)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Oil prices fell on Tuesday as the dollar firmed and energy companies began restoring offshore operations disrupted by Tropical Storm Ida.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091110/bs_nm/us_markets_oil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259172260189-1-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=5TzYA_gr6ZlXyP6rkPOpyg--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="The OPEC oil exporting group is likely to maintain its production levels when cartel ministers meet in Luanda, Angola December 22, Algerian energy minister Chakib Khelil said on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Samuel Kubani)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091110/bs_afp/commoditiesenergyoilprice afp/20091110/commoditiesenergyoilprice AFP business Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:33:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091110/bs_afp/commoditiesenergyoilprice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091110/capt.photo_1257857328849-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=3rAHyicNc5.8G9bp21DpbA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="An oil platform located in the Gulf of Mexico, in 2004. World oil prices slid Tuesday as Hurricane Ida weakened to a tropical storm, easing worries about the potential threat to petroleum installations in the US Gulf of Mexico, analysts said.(AFP/KERR-MCGEE/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - World oil prices slid Tuesday as Hurricane Ida weakened to a tropical storm, easing worries about the potential threat to petroleum installations in the US Gulf of Mexico, analysts said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091110/bs_afp/commoditiesenergyoilprice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091110/capt.photo_1257857328849-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=3rAHyicNc5.8G9bp21DpbA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="An oil platform located in the Gulf of Mexico, in 2004. World oil prices slid Tuesday as Hurricane Ida weakened to a tropical storm, easing worries about the potential threat to petroleum installations in the US Gulf of Mexico, analysts said.(AFP/KERR-MCGEE/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091110/wl_afp/usweatherstorm afp/20091110/usweatherstorm AFP world Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:58:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091110/wl_afp/usweatherstorm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091110/capt.photo_1257868680582-3-0.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=eUGDFs0xzgLcQVo2FmweSw--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="NASA satellite image shows Hurricane Ida as it churns through the Caribbean on November 7. Weakened remnants of what was once Hurricane Ida have made landfall on the US Gulf coast, dumping heavy rain and triggering some flooding but without the deadly winds Ida packed over the weekend.(AFP/NASA/File/Ho)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Weakened remnants of what was once Hurricane Ida made landfall on the US Gulf coast Tuesday, dumping heavy rain and triggering some flooding but without the deadly winds Ida packed over the weekend.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091110/wl_afp/usweatherstorm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091110/capt.photo_1257868680582-3-0.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=eUGDFs0xzgLcQVo2FmweSw--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="photo" title="NASA satellite image shows Hurricane Ida as it churns through the Caribbean on November 7. Weakened remnants of what was once Hurricane Ida have made landfall on the US Gulf coast, dumping heavy rain and triggering some flooding but without the deadly winds Ida packed over the weekend.(AFP/NASA/File/Ho)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091110/ap_on_re_us/tropical_weather_correction ap/20091110/tropical_weather_correction AP us Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:51:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091110/ap_on_re_us/tropical_weather_correction"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091109/capt.23d6333288a74ce581a9fe86fb66ba1b.tropical_weather_aldm105.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=ozg0UeXkmYrpMKBcE9xwYg--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="Surfers take advantage of rough surf as Tropical Storm Ida approaches the coast in Gulf Shores, Ala., Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)" border="0" /></a>AP - Forecasters say Ida has weakened to a tropical depression and is heading east toward the Florida Panhandle with winds near 35 mph (55 kph).</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091110/ap_on_re_us/tropical_weather_correction"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091109/capt.23d6333288a74ce581a9fe86fb66ba1b.tropical_weather_aldm105.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=ozg0UeXkmYrpMKBcE9xwYg--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="photo" title="Surfers take advantage of rough surf as Tropical Storm Ida approaches the coast in Gulf Shores, Ala., Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. (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/nm/20091110/wl_nm/us_storm_ida nm/20091110/us_storm_ida Reuters world Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:54:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091110/wl_nm/us_storm_ida"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091110/i/r4289317522.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=f5F3FKQypkaUOn3f5RkzdA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A resident walks through strong rain and wind as Tropical Storm Ida approaches, in Gulfport, Mississippi November 9, 2009. A weakened Tropical Storm Ida drenched the U.S. Gulf Coast and oil installations on Monday, shutting down nearly 30 per cent of Gulf energy production. Ida was expected to strike the coast near Mobile, Alabama, early on Tuesday. At one time a Category 2 hurricane, Ida's threat eased as winds dropped to 70 miles per hour (112 km per hour). They were expected to decrease further as the storm approached landfall. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENT DISASTER IMAGES OF THE DAY)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Ida dwindled to a tropical depression on Tuesday after crawling ashore in Alabama from the Gulf of Mexico, and oil operations in the Gulf were returning to normal after being widely disrupted by the storm.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091110/wl_nm/us_storm_ida"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091110/i/r4289317522.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=f5F3FKQypkaUOn3f5RkzdA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="A resident walks through strong rain and wind as Tropical Storm Ida approaches, in Gulfport, Mississippi November 9, 2009. A weakened Tropical Storm Ida drenched the U.S. Gulf Coast and oil installations on Monday, shutting down nearly 30 per cent of Gulf energy production. Ida was expected to strike the coast near Mobile, Alabama, early on Tuesday. At one time a Category 2 hurricane, Ida's threat eased as winds dropped to 70 miles per hour (112 km per hour). They were expected to decrease further as the storm approached landfall. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENT DISASTER IMAGES OF THE DAY)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091110/ap_on_re_us/us_tropical_weather ap/20091110/us_tropical_weather AP us Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:58:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091110/ap_on_re_us/us_tropical_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091110/i/r3650310511.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=p2gFLvpE3pVQTHDOcr0g8Q--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="A resident walks through strong rain and wind as Tropical Storm Ida approaches, in Gulfport, Mississippi November 9, 2009. A weakened Tropical Storm Ida drenched the U.S. Gulf Coast and oil installations on Monday, shutting down nearly 30 per cent of Gulf energy production. Ida was expected to strike the coast near Mobile, Alabama, early on Tuesday. At one time a Category 2 hurricane, Ida's threat eased as winds dropped to 70 miles per hour (112 km per hour). They were expected to decrease further as the storm approached landfall. Picture taken November 9, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENT DISASTER IMAGES OF THE DAY)" border="0" /></a>AP - Tropical Storm Ida blew ashore with rain and gusty but weakening winds before dawn Tuesday as weather-hardened Gulf Coast residents rode out the rare late-season storm.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091110/ap_on_re_us/us_tropical_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091110/i/r3650310511.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=p2gFLvpE3pVQTHDOcr0g8Q--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="A resident walks through strong rain and wind as Tropical Storm Ida approaches, in Gulfport, Mississippi November 9, 2009. A weakened Tropical Storm Ida drenched the U.S. Gulf Coast and oil installations on Monday, shutting down nearly 30 per cent of Gulf energy production. Ida was expected to strike the coast near Mobile, Alabama, early on Tuesday. At one time a Category 2 hurricane, Ida's threat eased as winds dropped to 70 miles per hour (112 km per hour). They were expected to decrease further as the storm approached landfall. Picture taken November 9, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENT DISASTER IMAGES OF THE DAY)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091110/ap_on_bi_ge/oil_prices ap/20091110/oil_prices AP business Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:26:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091110/ap_on_bi_ge/oil_prices"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259172260189-1-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=5TzYA_gr6ZlXyP6rkPOpyg--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="The OPEC oil exporting group is likely to maintain its production levels when cartel ministers meet in Luanda, Angola December 22, Algerian energy minister Chakib Khelil said on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Samuel Kubani)" border="0" /></a>AP - Oil prices swung around $79 a barrel Tuesday, as a storm threatening oil installations in the Gulf of Mexico weakened and investors eyed a volatile dollar.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091110/ap_on_bi_ge/oil_prices"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259172260189-1-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=5TzYA_gr6ZlXyP6rkPOpyg--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="The OPEC oil exporting group is likely to maintain its production levels when cartel ministers meet in Luanda, Angola December 22, Algerian energy minister Chakib Khelil said on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Samuel Kubani)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)