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Warnings issued as Hurricane Bill churns off East Coast

Hurricane Bill weakened slightly early today but still threatened to flood Bermuda's coastlines and generate dangerous waves and riptides along the eastern U.S. coast. ...more

August 21, 2009

Experts scale back hurricane forecast

Forecasters from Colorado State University have reduced their prediction of hurricane activity to an average number of storms. ...more

April 8, 2009

Be Thankful Hurricane Season Has Ended

The turmoil surrounding the economy with bailouts, foreclosures and businesses closing, ...more

December 1, 2008

Season Nears End, And Florida Again Avoids Hurricane

The 2008 hurricane season ends Sunday and will pass with barely a notice in Florida. Residents of Texas and islands in the Caribbean Sea, however, would have a different view of this year's season. For the third year in a row, Florida escaped a hurricane. Only Tropical Storm Fay hit – again and again – though West Central Florida saw little of the torrential rain Fay hosed on the rest of the state. ...more

November 28, 2008

Romo To The Rescue: QB Stops To Fix Flat

Tony Romo: Pro Bowler, playboy quarterback and, apparently, a Good Samaritan handy with an air compressor. ...more

September 12, 2008

Despite Evacuation Orders, Keys Residents Waiting

With powerful Hurricane Ike on an uncertain course toward the Gulf of Mexico, many on these low-lying islands took a wait-and-see approach to evacuation orders Sunday, perhaps a harbinger of the attitudes to come from Louisiana and Texas residents returning from an arduous evacuation and showing signs of "hurricane fatigue." ...more

September 8, 2008

Hanna Heads North, Ike A Real Threat

Despite Tropical Storm Hanna's rains that dampened Highlands County the first half of Friday, just about everyone is keeping a wary eye on Hurricane Ike, which is still churning in the Atlantic. ...more

September 6, 2008