Hurricane News

JACKSON, Miss. a ' In four states along the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast, Habitat for Humanity came with a mission to build hundreds of homes during a spring blitz so people pushed into poverty after Katrina ...

The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, heavily damaged by Hurricane Ike, will begin notifying 3,000 workers on Tuesday that they will be laid off, officials announced.

Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin has approved a rate increase for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, the state's insurer of last resort for windstorm coverage.

In rural Georgia, a group of high-schoolers gets a visit from the Secret Service after posting "inappropriate" comments about President-elect Barack Obama on the Web. In Raleigh, N.C., four college students admit to spraying race-tinged graffiti in a pedestrian tunnel after the election. On Nov. 6, a cross burns on the lawn of a biracial couple in Apolacon Township, Pa.

The election of America's first black president has triggered more than 200 hate-related incidents, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center - a record in modern presidential elections. Moreover, the white nationalist movement, bemoaning an election that confirmed voters' comfort with a multiracial demography, expects Mr. Obama's election to be a potent recruiting tool - one that watchdog groups warn could give new impetus to a mostly defanged fringe element.

The Texas Attorney General is charging two Valley hotels with price gouging during Hurricane Dolly.

DAMAGE caused by severe storms in southeast Queensland is comparable to the devastation wrought by Cyclone Larry, Premier Anna Bligh says.

BRISBANE has been declared a natural disaster area, as soldiers and prisoners help repair damage caused by one of the biggest storms to hit the city in two decades.

A series of violent storms tore across Australia's east coast, sweeping one man down a storm drain to his death, blowing roofs off houses and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of buildings.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal says a recent survey shows residents are leaving Louisiana and it would be a mistake for state officials to blame Hurricane Katrina or any other storm for the migration.

Nov 16 - Thousands are fleeing a series of wind-whipped wildfires in southern California.

Wildfires driven by hurricane-strength winds tore through Southern California on Saturday for the second day in a row, destroying hundreds of homes, displacing thousands of people and forcing freeway closures ...

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for much of Massachusetts, including Norfolk and Bristol counties.

As a tornado ripped through his North Carolina neighborhood, Curt Jarnigan huddled in his bathroom, praying for the raging winds to spare him.

A 11-year-old boy lost his life and his grandparents were injured when a tornado caused heavy devastation on London Church Road early Saturday morning.

Truong Van Cao and two other fishermen share a cramped, muddy tent amid the wreckage of homes, including his own, destroyed when Hurricane Ike stormed across this tiny Southeast Texas town.

Fire officials say wind of 'near hurricane force' has grounded some of their water-dropping aircraft as they battle a wildfire that has burned at least 10 homes and forced thousands of people to evacuate in northern Los Angeles.

The California Highway Patrol has shut a second freeway in the area.

CHP officer Patrick Kimball says a section of Interstate 5 near Sylmar was shut early Saturday as flames spread west toward the freeway.

About 5,000 residents have been evacuated since the fire started late Friday, and authorities say more evacuations are under way. Patients at one hospital were evacuated when the blaze knocked out power.

The board of the state-run property insurer of last resort Thursday set aside as much as $35 million to pay thousands of policyholders who claim the state agency was late in investigating damage claims from ...

A storm was expected to dump snow, sleet and rain on the Rockies and parts of the Plains and the Midwest on Friday, while cloudy conditions were forecast for much of the East Coast and the West Coast was likely to be mostly dry and clear.

Snow was forecast for the Rockies and most of the northern Plains, while the central Plains were expected to see snow, rain or a mix. Minnesota was predicted to get snow, while the rest of the upper Midwest was likely to see rain or sleet.

High wind warnings and wind advisories were issued across the Dakotas, Nebraska and western Kansas. Pleasant conditions were likely in the southern Plains.

While the rest of the country withered under $4 a gallon gas, Houston and its commercial real estate market thrived.

In this Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008 file photo, one house stands amongst the debris of others, after Hurricane Ike swept through Gilchrist, Texas.