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September 2008
- Hanna Threatens, But All Eyes on Ike
  
  Associated Press | Sep 4, 08 4:50 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Southeastern states are taking precautions for the impending landfall of Hanna, which is expected to arrive as a low-level hurricane on Saturday, the AP reports. But planners and the East Coast populace are also looking down the road to Ike, which remains a Category 4 hurricane charging toward the Bahamas. “Ike is a very scary storm,” said a spokesman for a North Carolina energy concern. It's too early, however, to predict its path. More »
- Global Warming Makes Storms Worse: Study
  
  USA Today | Sep 4, 08 1:19 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Global warming is causing intensifying hurricanes around the world, a new study shows. Scientists analyzed 2,000 “tropical cyclones” occurring from 1980 to 2006 and found that the “strongest storms are getting stronger, especially over the Atlantic and Indian Oceans,” USA Today reports. Warmer water “has more energy that can be converted to tropical cyclone wind,” explains one of the researchers. More »
- Ike Spikes to Cat 4, Deadly Hanna Churns Toward US
  
  Associated Press | Sep 4, 08 2:25 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Two major storms are churning across the Atlantic, with their chances of striking the US still unclear. Hurricane Ike has rapidly strengthened to a raging Category 4, while Tropical Storm Hanna is now battering the Bahamas after killing 26 in Haiti. Hanna could hit the US Saturday anywhere between Georgia and North Carolina, reports AP. Ike’s path is still uncertain. More »
- New Orleans Residents Head Home
  
  Washington Post | Sep 3, 08 6:25 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - All Hurricane Gustav evacuees are being allowed back into New Orleans after Mayor Ray Nagin abandoned a more drawn-out reentry plan, the Washington Post reports. Those returning had trouble locating supplies, and officials warned power outages would add to difficulties. "We'd like to say welcome back, but it's not the way we'd like to do it," one local official said. More »
- Hanna Drenches Waterlogged Haiti
  
  Associated Press | Sep 3, 08 2:16 PM CDT
  
  (AP) - Far-reaching Tropical Storm Hanna drenched flood-plagued Haiti today, adding to the miseries of a country that has lost 110 lives to mudslides and flooding since mid-August. The storm was expected to sweep across the Bahamas and then start climbing along the US coastline by the weekend, with a 20% chance it could bring strong winds as far north as New York. More »
- 1M Lose Power as Gustav Rolls Through La.
  
  Associated Press | Sep 1, 08 7:01 PM CDT
  
  (AP) - Hurricane Gustav left more than 1 million without power today as it tore roofs from homes, toppled trees, and flooded roads in the heart of Louisiana's fishing and oil industry, the AP reports. Many of the 2 million people who left coastal Louisiana watched TV coverage from shelters and hotel rooms. "They said it's bad, real bad," said a man who had called home to Chauvin, La. "There are roofs lying all over. It's all gone." More »
- Oil Down Sharply as Gustav Weakens
  
  Associated Press | Sep 1, 08 5:32 PM CDT
  
  (AP) - Oil prices tumbled to $111 a barrel today as Hurricane Gustav weakened along the Gulf Coast, posing less of a threat than forecast to oil drilling and refining operations. A stronger dollar also contributed to the average retail gas price being down slightly at $3.686 a gallon, the AP reports. It was feared last week that pump prices would soar because of the hurricane. More »
- Gustav Downgraded to Cat. 1
  
  Weather.com | Sep 1, 08 3:14 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hurricane Gustav has been downgraded to a Category 1 storm, Weather.com reports, with its top winds diminishing to 90 mph as it moves west across Louisiana. The storm was at Category 2 when it made landfall earlier today near Cocodrie, La. Gustav, with the potential for continued heavy rain and winds, is moving northwest at approximately 15 mph. More »
- Hurricane Hanna Is Next
  
  Associated Press | Sep 1, 08 2:35 PM CDT
  
  (AP) - The National Hurricane Center has upgraded Hanna to a hurricane as it brings waves, rain, and blustery winds to the Turks and Caicos islands, the AP reports. Hurricane warnings—meaning the storm is expected to arrive within 24 hours—were issued for the island chain and the central and southeastern Bahamas today, and forecasters warned that the storm could strike th