04/09/2008 Ike ignites into 'extremely dangerous' Category 4 hurricane

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Hurricane Ike grew from a Category 1 into a menacing Category 4 storm in about six hours Wednesday as it fed on the warm waters of Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center said.

"Ike is an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane" with 135-mph sustained winds, the center said in its 11 p.m. ET advisory.

04/09/2008 Hanna leaves 61 dead in Haiti as more storms brew in Atlantic
AFP - Helicopters rescued survivors from rooftops in the flooded Haitian city of Gonaives as Tropical Storm Hanna claimed at least 61 lives, the third major storm to hammer Haiti in as many weeks.

03/09/2008   Haitians 'screaming for help' after storms

SAINT-MARC, Haiti (AP) -- Haitian families scrambled onto rooftops and screamed for help Tuesday in a city flooded by Tropical Storm Hanna, as U.N. peacekeepers and rescue convoys tried in vain to reach them.

 02/09/2008  Hurricane Hanna batters Bahamas; Ike forms in Atlantic

Hurricane Hanna lingered Monday over the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos islands on a path that could hit the southeastern U.S. coast by midweek, while Tropical Storm Ike and still another weather pattern behind it raised the possibility of more havoc to come.

01/09/2008 New Orleans levee under threat as Gustav tears into US coast
AFP - Hurricane Gustav slammed into the US Gulf Coast Monday, driving a surge of water to the lip of the levees protecting New Orleans officials said almost exactly three years after the city was catastrophically swamped by Katrina.

31/08/2008   Floods strand 20,000 in Bangladesh
At least 20,000 people in northern Bangladesh have been cut off from the rest of the country after several rivers burst their banks, news...

30/08/2008   Gustav swells to dangerous Cat 4 storm off Cuba
AP - Gustav howled into Cuba's Isla de Juventud as a monstrous Category 4 hurricane on Saturday while both Cubans and Americans scrambled to flee the path of the fast-growing storm.

29/08/2008   Two dead or missing as Japanese city told to flee rain
AFP - One woman was found dead and another was missing as torrential rain drenched central Japan, leading authorities to urge an entire city of nearly 400,000 people to evacuate, officials said

28/08/2008  Gustav kills 59 in Caribbean, aims at U.S
Reuters - Tropical Storm Gustav hit Jamaica with near hurricane-force winds on Thursday after killing at least 59 people elsewhere in the Caribbean, and was on a path to reach New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico oil fields as potentially a powerful hurricane.

27/08/2008   Officials may evacuate New Orleans as storm nears
AP - On the eve of Hurricane Katrina's third anniversary, a nervous New Orleans watched Wednesday as another storm threatened to test everything the city has rebuilt, and officials made plans to evacuate people, pets and hospitals in an attempt to avoid a Katrina-style chaos.

27/08/2008   Hurricane Gustav kills five in Haiti, aims at Cuba
AFP - Hurricane Gustav slammed into Haiti, killing at least five as it lashed the desperately poor Caribbean nation with powerful winds and heavy rain, just days behind deadly Tropical Storm Fay.

26/08/2008  Forecasters: Gustav could become 'extremely dangerous'

Tropical Storm Gustav takes aim at Haiti, Dominican Republic

Tropical Storm Gustav continued on its path toward Haiti and the central Caribbean on Monday and threatened to reach hurricane strength before landfall, the National Hurricane Center said.

25/08/2008 Tornadoes touch down near Denver, Colorado
At least three tornadoes touched down near Denver in Colorado on Sunday afternoon...
 

24/08/2008 Tropical storm Julio heads for Baja California
Reuters - Tropical Storm Julio churned over the Pacific ocean on Sunday, moving closer to the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California peninsula, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

23/08/2008 Tropical storm Nuri kills 3 in China
Tropical storm Nuri killed three people in southern China as it battered the region with strong winds Friday, state media reported.

23/08/2008 Fay strolls over Panhandle on its way to Louisiana

Tropical Storm Fay made its fourth landfall in Florida Saturday morning, moving over the central Panhandle on a slow-moving westward path. Residents are evacuated Friday from a nursing home in Jacksonville, Florida, as waters rise.

22/08/2008 Typhoon Nuri shuts down Hong Kong
Hong Kong was buffeted by gale force winds on Friday as typhoon Nuri churned toward the major financial hub, with most of the city and its markets shut down ahead of a direct hit by its worst typhoon in five years.

21/08/2008 Soggy storm Fay moves over Florida again
Reuters - Tropical Storm Fay came ashore on the Florida coast for the third time in less than a week on Thursday, bringing more of the torrential rain that has flooded hundreds of homes.

19/08/2008 Twisters spotted as Fay sweeps across southern Florida

At least seven possible tornadoes were reported Tuesday in eastern Florida as a spinoff from Tropical Storm Fay, which was battering parts of the state with high winds and heavy rain, the National Hurricane Center said.

  16/08/2008 Tropical Storm Fay drenches Haiti, Dominican Republic

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Tropical Storm Fay was dumping heavy rain Saturday morning on Haiti and the Dominican Republic, with some places expected to receive up to 12 inches, the National Hurricane Center said.

15/08/2008 Unsettled weather causes flooding across the UK
Unsettled weather has been hitting parts of the UK this week, leading to flooding and transport delays....

07/08/2008 Two Pacific Tropical Storms

Tropical Storm Hernan strengthens off western Mexico and Tropical Storm Kika spins far to the southeast of Honolulu.

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07/08/2008 - Flooding in Vermont by Matt Taylor
Flash flood watches were in place for central and northern parts of Vermont yesterday...
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