Matthew Sparks Flooding in Louisiana
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The NOAA satellite picture taken at 2:45 pm EDT on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004 shows tropical Depression Matthew is located in the north-central Gulf of Mexico.
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Tropical Storm Gaston sloshed ashore in South Carolina on Sunday with near hurricane-force winds, spinning sheets of rain that flooded roads as the storm knocked out power to thousands of people.
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Hundreds of people are believed dead in Haiti following flooding in the wake of tropical storm Jeanne, rescuers and witnesses said Monday.
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Relentless rain overwhelmed flood defences in Yorkshire again yesterday, bursting river banks in central Leeds and forcing firefighters to evacuate 60 children from a nursery school and 70 staff from a textile mill
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The tropical storm brings the threat of heavy rains and flash floods to coastal regions of North and South Carolina.
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NEW ORLEANS - With 135-mph Hurricane Ivan closing in with frightening intensity, this flood-prone city scrambled Wednesday to get people out of harm's way, putting the frail and elderly in the cavernous Louisiana Superdome and urging others to move to higher floors in tall buildings.    Along some 300 miles of threatened coastline from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, the churning surf, ominous clouds, swaying traffic lights and escalating winds were all the reminders some people needed to take cover from a storm that made a slight turn north on a path that could bring it ashore early Thursday at the Alabama-Mississippi line, near Mobile, Ala...
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Tropical Storm Noel dumped torrential  rain on vulnerable Haiti on Monday, triggering fears of deadly  flash floods and mudslides in the impoverished Caribbean  country.
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NEW ORLEANS - Tropical Storm Matthew, the 13th named storm of the 2004 hurricane season, flooded roads and homes across southeastern Louisiana on Saturday as it blew toward the Gulf of Mexico with high tides and torrential rainfall.    The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm warning for residents from Intracoastal City to the Alabama-Florida border...
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Tropical Storm Noel dumped heavy rains over Haiti and the Dominican Republic early Monday as it moved westward across the Caribbean Sea, forecasters said.
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A powerful storm moved along the West Coast today, causing highway-blocking mudslides, flooding and power outages. Up to a foot of rain was possible in one mountain area.
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GONAIVES, Haiti - Tropical Storm Jeanne brought raging floodwaters to Haiti, killing at least 90 people and leaving dozens of families huddled on rooftops as the storm pushed further out into the open seas on Sunday, officials said.    Floods tore through the northwestern coastal town of Gonaives and surrounding areas, covering crops and turning roads into rivers...
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Lashing storms dumped up to 18 inches of rain on parts of central Texas, flooding several towns and stranding dozens of people on rooftops, cars and in trees Wednesday.
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Flooding unleashed in Haiti by tropical storm Jeanne is feared to have killed more than 2,000 people.
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Hurricane Humberto brings heavy rain to already sodden Texas before  weakening and moving into Louisiana.
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RICHMOND, Va. - A state of emergency was declared as Tropical Storm Gaston poured nearly a foot of rain on central Virginia, flooding streets with several feet of rushing water that floated cars and trucks and smashed them into buildings...
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Hurricane Ivan struck the Alabama coast today with 130 mph winds spawning tornadoes and torrential rain, sending floodwaters surging over roads and swirling around homes.
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GULF SHORES, Ala. Sept. 16, 2004 - Hurricane Ivan slammed ashore early Thursday with winds of 130 mph, packing deadly tornadoes and a powerful punch of waves and rain that threatened to swamp communities from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle.