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  • The Nation's Weather (AP)

    The Weather Underground forecast for Friday May 18, 2008 says a low pressure system in the Mid-Atlantic will push offshore with its cold front through the Southeast and southern Texas. This will result in scattered showers and thunderstorms across the East and South. Excessive heat continues in the West.(AP Photo/Weather Underground)AP - Wet weather was expected Friday from New England all the way south to the Gulf Coast.


  • Ex-Army Corps consultant indicted in bribery case (AP)

    Sheila Dulien stands outside her Ninth Ward home that is under renovation in New Orleans Monday, April 28, 2008. Much of the work on the home was done by foreign labor, but now many immigrants who swelled New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina have begun leaving as work dries up, and deportation fears rise. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)AP - A former Army Corps of Engineers consultant and a dirt subcontractor were indicted Thursday on bribery charges stemming from an investigation into levee work after Hurricane Katrina.


  • La. officials to take over Katrina collections (AP)
    AP - The state will take over an effort to collect grant money from Hurricane Katrina victims who got too much, citing a lack of confidence in a private contractor's ability to determine who owes money, a Louisiana official said Thursday.
  • Storms kill 1 in South, damage Texas Capitol (AP)

    Matt Munekata, left, and Alicia McConnell share an umbrella to keep out of the rain in front of Jackson Square in the French Quarter of New Orleans Thursday, May 15, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Severe storms with damaging winds and possible tornadoes pounded the South, killing at least one person in Louisiana and shattering windows at the Texas Capitol.


  • Weather around the U.S.A. (AP)
    AP - Weather around the U.S.A.
  • Immigrant workers in New Orleans start leaving (AP)

    Members of the Alliance of Guestworkers for Dignity from the New Orleans Workers Center, demonstrate in front of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. The workers were recruited from India in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to work in the marine construction. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - Josue Vega was one of thousands of immigrant workers who flocked to New Orleans in 2005 in hopes of finding a rebuilding job in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.


  • China: Troops rush to plug dam cracks (AP)

    This Sept. 14, 2007 picture released by GeoEye Satellite Image shows the Zipingpu Dam, upriver from the town of Dujiangyan, Sichuan, China. On Wednesday, May 14, 2008, thousands of Chinese troops rushed to plug cracks in the dam in earthquake-hit Sichuan province, but experts later said it was safe. (AP Photo/GeoEye Satellite Image)AP - Hundreds of dams around the epicenter of China's earthquake have been damaged and Chinese troops scrambled Wednesday to plug cracks and open sluices to prevent flooding of already devastated communities.


  • NOAA chief urges creating National Climate Service (AP)
    AP - With concerns about global warming rising along with the planet's temperature, the head of the federal agency in change of weather research and forecasting is proposing creation of a new National Climate Service.
  • Aid pledges flood in after China quake disaster (AFP)

    Chinese residents sleep on a junction on a street in Chengdu. Pledges of aid flooded in Tuesday for tens of thousands of survivors of China's earthquake, as officials warned battering rains and a risk of landslides were holding up relief in the worst-hit areas.(AFP)AFP - Pledges of aid flooded in Tuesday for tens of thousands of survivors of China's earthquake, as officials warned battering rains and a risk of landslides were holding up relief in the worst-hit areas.


  • Rain pushes Myanmar death toll higher (Reuters)

    People get on carts as it rains in a village hit by Cyclone Nargis outside Yangon May 15, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - Torrential rain lashed survivors of Cyclone Nargis on Friday as Myanmar's junta raised its toll sharply to more than 133,000 people dead or missing, putting the disaster on a par with a 1991 cyclone that killed 143,000 in neighboring Bangladesh.


  • Senate renews flood insurance program (Reuters)
    Reuters - The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to extend until 2013 a federal program that insures millions of homes against floods and to forgive $17 billion in debt the program built up during Hurricane Katrina.
  • Dozens die in Bangladesh ferry sinking during storm (AP)
    AP - A crowded ferry sank during a tropical storm in northern Bangladesh, killing at least 42 people and leaving more than 40 missing, officials said Tuesday.
  • FEMA, EPA visit tornado-ravaged Oklahoma town (AP)

    Cleanup crews continue work in a neighborhood in Picher, Okla., Monday, May 12, 2008, after Saturday's tornado. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)AP - The reason most residents of Picher won't be able to rebuild their homes following a massive tornado is plainly visible from most parts of town.


  • Mid-Atlantic storm cuts power, prompts evacuations (AP)

    The carport of this home was damaged when a sink hole formed behind a row of homes in Camp Springs, Md. on Monday May 12, 2008 after heavy rains. At the end of the driveway and under the carport platform the land sank approximately 20-30 feet. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - A wet, gusty storm that lashed the mid-Atlantic states Monday forced evacuations, flooded roads, fanned the flames of a deadly New Jersey fire and wrecked a research vessel off the Delaware coast, killing a crew member.


  • Dos and don'ts when a tornado is approaching (AP)
    AP - You're in your house, your car, maybe your mobile home, and you've just heard a tornado warning announced for your area. What should you do now? Just as importantly, what shouldn't you do? Here are some dos and don'ts:
  • Aid rushed in after tornadoes kill 22 across US (AFP)

    A man and his dog pass by a stop sign which was knocked down by a tornado in April, 2008 in the Burnetts Mill area of Suffolk, Virginia. US authorities rushed aid to disaster areas Monday after a series of tornadoes tore across the United States, killing at least 22 people, shattering homes and businesses, and leaving tens of thousands without power.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AFP - US authorities rushed aid to disaster areas Monday after a series of tornadoes tore across the United States, killing at least 22 people, shattering homes and businesses, and leaving tens of thousands without power.


  • Evacuations in progress in coastal Delaware (AP)
    AP - Delaware officials say evacuations are in progress in flooded coastal communities.
  • Tornadoes kill 21, injure hundreds in U.S (Reuters)

    A demolished car rests near the wreckage of a feed store destroyed by a tornado near Seneca, Missouri, May 12, 2008. (Mark Schiefelbein/Reuters)Reuters - Tornadoes killed at least 21 people and injured hundreds as they ripped through the central and southeastern United States over the weekend, destroying homes, overturning cars and downing trees and power lines.


  • Governor tours NC tornado damage areas (AP)
    AP - Gov. Mike Easley toured tornado damage Saturday in three North Carolina counties and said in addition to one fatality that eight people were injured and scores of homes were damaged.
  • Bush declares northern Maine federal disaster after floods (AP)
    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.

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