Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1112 Weather News en-us Sat, 10 May 2008 10:03:13 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1112 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_re_us/severe_weather ap/20080510/severe_weather AP Sat, 10 May 2008 01:09:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_re_us/severe_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.cef594a6caeb47f789efcbabcb960407.severe_weather_msrm101.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=NnuJJ_YmOeHwY.TIKzMk.A--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Mississippi Department of Transportation road crews work to clear downed trees and power lines from streets in Tupelo Miss. after a line of sever weather moved through the area Thursday, May 8, 2008. A number of northeast Mississippi counties and portions of northwest Alabama were under tornado watches or warnings until midafternoon Thursday. (AP Photo/Ryan Moore)" border="0" /></a>AP - Amber Parker watched on television as the storm near her home grew into a tornado threat. Then, when the roaring wind outside suddenly fell silent, she grabbed her two toddlers and rushed to get under the stairwell.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_re_us/severe_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.cef594a6caeb47f789efcbabcb960407.severe_weather_msrm101.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=NnuJJ_YmOeHwY.TIKzMk.A--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="Mississippi Department of Transportation road crews work to clear downed trees and power lines from streets in Tupelo Miss. after a line of sever weather moved through the area Thursday, May 8, 2008. A number of northeast Mississippi counties and portions of northwest Alabama were under tornado watches or warnings until midafternoon Thursday. (AP Photo/Ryan Moore)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_re_us/maine_flooding ap/20080510/maine_flooding AP Sat, 10 May 2008 00:32:35 GMT AP - President Bush declared a northern Maine county a federal disaster on Friday after historic flooding that destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes this month. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_we_us/us_temps ap/20080509/us_temps AP Fri, 09 May 2008 13:10:01 GMT AP - Weather around the U.S.A. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*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/weather/*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/weather/*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/weather/*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/weather/*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/weather/*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/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_re_us/severe_weather_okla ap/20080508/severe_weather_okla AP Thu, 08 May 2008 14:51:16 GMT AP - Experts picked through debris and damage Thursday to determine whether tornadoes touched down after severe storms moved through the state, toppling trees and knocking out power to thousands of people. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_go_co/flood_insurance ap/20080507/flood_insurance AP Wed, 07 May 2008 22:45:02 GMT AP - The Senate on Wednesday rejected a bid by Gulf state senators to add wind coverage to a financially strapped federal program that provides flood insurance. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*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/weather/*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/weather/*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/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080506/ap_on_re_us/arkansas_tornados ap/20080506/arkansas_tornados AP Tue, 06 May 2008 08:54:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080506/ap_on_re_us/arkansas_tornados"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080505/capt.3e6e7f72e0f44532b37294364538fb2c.ark_storms_armw105.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=D8kSJWiRyI5r9AodbZtbGg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Volunteers help clean up a tornado destroyed home, Monday, May 5, 2008 in Carlisle, Ark. (AP Photo/Mike Wintroath)" border="0" /></a>AP - Just before the tornado sirens sounded, school superintendent Floyd Marshall got the warning from police — a twister was coming right for the town's elementary and high school.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080506/ap_on_re_us/arkansas_tornados"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080505/capt.3e6e7f72e0f44532b37294364538fb2c.ark_storms_armw105.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=D8kSJWiRyI5r9AodbZtbGg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Volunteers help clean up a tornado destroyed home, Monday, May 5, 2008 in Carlisle, Ark. (AP Photo/Mike Wintroath)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_we_us/weatherpage_weather ap/20080510/weatherpage_weather AP Sat, 10 May 2008 10:03:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_we_us/weatherpage_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.c65e3ec08f7c46708612522d117d2857.weather_national_ny1.jpg?x=123&y=130&q=85&sig=UiRX9RTd_p9iFf0oIs06SA--" align="left" height="130" width="123" alt="The Weather Underground forecast for Saturday, May 10, 2008, shows cold weather will sweep into the northern Plains as a trough moves into the region. Rain and thunderstorms will develop on the leading edge of the trough. In the West, temperatures will rise as high pressure builds. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)" border="0" /></a>AP - A major storm was to move out of the Northern Rockies and into the Plains before heading even farther east toward the Upper Mississippi Valley on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_we_us/weatherpage_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.c65e3ec08f7c46708612522d117d2857.weather_national_ny1.jpg?x=123&y=130&q=85&sig=UiRX9RTd_p9iFf0oIs06SA--" align="left" height="130" width="123" alt="photo" title="The Weather Underground forecast for Saturday, May 10, 2008, shows cold weather will sweep into the northern Plains as a trough moves into the region. Rain and thunderstorms will develop on the leading edge of the trough. In the West, temperatures will rise as high pressure builds. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080506/wl_csm/ocyclonex csm/20080506/ocyclonex The Christian Science Monitor Tue, 06 May 2008 08:00:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - In a rapidly escalating death toll, a cyclone that ripped through Burma (Myanmar) on Saturday killed nearly 4,000 people, not 351 as originally announced, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in Asia since the tsunami of 2004, authorities said on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*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/weather/*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/weather/*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/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080502/ts_alt_afp/usweathertornado afp/20080502/usweathertornado AFP Fri, 02 May 2008 20:17:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080502/ts_alt_afp/usweathertornado"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080502/capt.cps.nbm39.020508221642.photo00.photo.default-512x346.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=qTbLikef_HTWIbxFg56R3g--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Tornado damage litters the ground in Atkins, Arkansas in February 2008, two days after a tornado ripped through the area. At least 19 tornados ripped across four US states Friday leaving seven dead in Arkansas including a teenage girl and flattening homes and businesses, local officials and media said.(AFP/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /></a>AFP - At least 19 tornados ripped across four US states Friday leaving seven dead in Arkansas including a teenage girl and flattening homes and businesses, local officials and media said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080502/ts_alt_afp/usweathertornado"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080502/capt.cps.nbm39.020508221642.photo00.photo.default-512x346.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=qTbLikef_HTWIbxFg56R3g--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Tornado damage litters the ground in Atkins, Arkansas in February 2008, two days after a tornado ripped through the area. At least 19 tornados ripped across four US states Friday leaving seven dead in Arkansas including a teenage girl and flattening homes and businesses, local officials and media said.(AFP/Saul Loeb)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080502/us_nm/usa_weather_dc nm/20080502/usa_weather_dc Reuters Fri, 02 May 2008 20:05:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080502/us_nm/usa_weather_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080503/2008_05_02t160645_450x360_us_usa_weather.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=jrNGF3EUxa3U5I7SLKO7lQ--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="A satellite radar image released by the National Weather Service shows severe storms over northern Arkansas on May 2, 2008. (National Weather Service/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Severe storms tore through northern Arkansas on Friday, killing at least seven people and injuring 13 in the southern U.S. state.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080502/us_nm/usa_weather_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080503/2008_05_02t160645_450x360_us_usa_weather.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=jrNGF3EUxa3U5I7SLKO7lQ--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="photo" title="A satellite radar image released by the National Weather Service shows severe storms over northern Arkansas on May 2, 2008. (National Weather Service/Handout/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080502/ap_on_re_us/flooding ap/20080502/flooding AP Fri, 02 May 2008 11:43:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080502/ap_on_re_us/flooding"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080501/capt.0373debcb89248a39b821f124c4826d8.flooding_maine_meso102.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=dC9LSV1tT7SIN.or1ybFbQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Bruce Morneault walks from his mother's home on Soucy Drive in Fork Kent, Maine Thursday, May 1, 2008. The home was damaged by rising waters along the St. John River and Morneault went to inspect the damages Thursday morning. (AP Photo/Shawn Patrick Ouellette)" border="0" /></a>AP - The rain-swollen St. John River crested early Thursday after hitting a record high, forcing residents to flee to higher ground as more than 100 homes flooded.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080502/ap_on_re_us/flooding"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080501/capt.0373debcb89248a39b821f124c4826d8.flooding_maine_meso102.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=dC9LSV1tT7SIN.or1ybFbQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Bruce Morneault walks from his mother's home on Soucy Drive in Fork Kent, Maine Thursday, May 1, 2008. The home was damaged by rising waters along the St. John River and Morneault went to inspect the damages Thursday morning. (AP Photo/Shawn Patrick Ouellette)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080501/us_nm/usa_flooding_dc nm/20080501/usa_flooding_dc Reuters Thu, 01 May 2008 20:22:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080501/us_nm/usa_flooding_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080501/2008_05_01t110447_450x355_us_usa_flooding.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=bC352VHMhxMPA6aDfDrD5w--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="A house and church are surrounded by floodwater from the St. John river in the community of Sheffield, New Brunswick, May 1, 2008. A river swollen by heavy rain and melting snow overflowed its banks along the U.S.-Canadian border, forcing hundreds of people to flee homes and businesses in Fort Kent, Maine, and closing two border crossings. (Paul Darrow/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A river swollen by heavy rain and melting snow overflowed its banks along the U.S.-Canadian border, forcing hundreds of people to flee homes and businesses in Fort Kent, Maine, and closing two border crossings.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080501/us_nm/usa_flooding_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080501/2008_05_01t110447_450x355_us_usa_flooding.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=bC352VHMhxMPA6aDfDrD5w--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="photo" title="A house and church are surrounded by floodwater from the St. John river in the community of Sheffield, New Brunswick, May 1, 2008. A river swollen by heavy rain and melting snow overflowed its banks along the U.S.-Canadian border, forcing hundreds of people to flee homes and businesses in Fort Kent, Maine, and closing two border crossings. (Paul Darrow/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*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 <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080429/ap_on_re_us/katrina_doomsday_plan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080428/capt.3ef1030443e64266bf702abd1a4b7878.katrina_doomsday_plan_lajb103.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=c.sivyPSBjr4hWHLFqL1Lg--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Jefferson Parish President Aaron F. Broussard speaks to the media in Jefferson, La., a suburb of New Orleans, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007. A state judge recently refused to dismiss him from potential class-action suits that hold him personally responsible for Katrina damage.(AP Photo/Judi Bottoni)" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080429/ap_on_re_us/katrina_doomsday_plan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080428/capt.3ef1030443e64266bf702abd1a4b7878.katrina_doomsday_plan_lajb103.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=c.sivyPSBjr4hWHLFqL1Lg--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="photo" title="Jefferson Parish President Aaron F. Broussard speaks to the media in Jefferson, La., a suburb of New Orleans, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007. A state judge recently refused to dismiss him from potential class-action suits that hold him personally responsible for Katrina damage.(AP Photo/Judi Bottoni)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080429/us_nm/weather_tornado_dc nm/20080429/weather_tornado_dc Reuters Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:05:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080429/us_nm/weather_tornado_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080429/2008_04_28t231004_450x308_us_weather_tornado.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=dos4aks9IfN47s6EYlCVhQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Storm damage can be seen at The Home Outlet, near Southpark Mall, in Colonial Heights, Virginia, April 28, 2008. (Eva Russo/The Richmond Times-Dispatch/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Three tornadoes swept through central and southeastern Virginia on Monday, injuring about 200 people and damaging dozens of homes and businesses, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080429/us_nm/weather_tornado_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080429/2008_04_28t231004_450x308_us_weather_tornado.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=dos4aks9IfN47s6EYlCVhQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Storm damage can be seen at The Home Outlet, near Southpark Mall, in Colonial Heights, Virginia, April 28, 2008. (Eva Russo/The Richmond Times-Dispatch/Handout/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/*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/weather/*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/weather/*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/weather/*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/weather/*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/weather/*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)