Hurricane News

Tropical wave headed toward Yucatan Peninsula

By DIANA EVA MALDONADO/The Brownsville Herald

A tropical wave over the western Caribbean Sea continues to produce a large area of showers and thunderstorms from Cuba and the Cayman Island southwestward to Honduras. The National Hurricane Center says the system is expected to reach... Full story

Hurricane Andres forms off Mexico's Pacific coast

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MIAMI (AP) - Forecasters say Tropical Storm Andres has gained strength to become the first hurricane of the Pacific season. The National Hurricane Center said the hurricane off the southwestern coast of Mexico packed maximum winds near 75 mph. Andres... Full story

Hurricane Berry strikes Brownsville during a preparedness drill

By ILDEFONSO ORTIZ, The Brownsville Herald

As the 2009 hurricane season starts, emergency officials statewide are working to prepare their respective cities for the possibility of a cyclonic storm hitting the Texas coast. Cameron, Hidalgo and Willacy counties worked in coordination with state... Full story

Protesters seek clarification on hurricane evacuation policies

By JEREMY ROEBUCK, The Monitor

EDINBURG - Community activists renewed their call Monday for federal officials to close South Texas' news/" class="autolink">immigration checkpoints in the event of a mandatory hurricane evacuation. Checking the legal status of every evacuee would... Full story

Hurricane season starts Monday

By LAURA B. MARTINEZ, The Brownsville Herald

Cameron County officials are encouraging residents to begin preparing for the 2009 hurricane season. With the hurricane season beginning on Monday, officials want the public to not only think preparations, but to begin them. Hurricane forecasters are... Full story

Hurricane Paloma heads to Cayman Islands

By TAMMIE CHISHOLM, Associated Press Writer

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (AP) - Late-season Hurricane Paloma bore down on the rain-drenched Cayman Islands on Friday, triggering a run on stores and stranding hundreds as the airport closed on the chain of tiny Caribbean islands. The hurricane's... Full story

Hurricane provided training opportunity in Maine

MACHIAS, Maine (AP) - Hurricane Kyle turned out to be a phantom storm that caused little damage in eastern Maine. But the storm preparation provided good practice in the event a hurricane does make landfall in Maine, officials said Monday. Emergency... Full story

Laura, 11th named storm, forms far out in Atlantic

MIAMI (AP) - The National Hurricane Center says Laura has formed over the north central Atlantic as the 11th named storm of the season. The storm was centered about 695 miles south-southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland, at 11 a.m. EDT Monday and... Full story

$6B storm? Ike's economic impact is felt widely

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and PAUL J. WEBER, Associated Press Writers

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - Shrimpers and oystermen are dredging their boats from the muck. Tourist areas on the coast that should be bustling at the start of convention season are flattened. Lingering power outages are keeping offices empty and restaurants... Full story

22,000 Ike evacuees remain in Texas shelters

ANGLETON, Texas (AP) - More than 22,000 people who fled Hurricane Ike remain in shelters across Texas. Gov. Rick Perry met Thursday in Angleton with local officials and again urged Texans who evacuated to not return to devastated areas such as Galveston... Full story

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