Hurricane Frances expected to brush Caribbean islands
8871
MIAMI - Hurricane Frances weakened slightly Monday, but forecasters warned it would pick up strength as it headed toward the Caribbean islands, which it could begin affecting Tuesday.
366248
The number of hurricanes churning through  the Caribbean toward the United States this year is likely to  be less than once feared and may even be less than normal, a  noted U.S. hurricane research team said on Friday.
325770
Hurricane Felix gathered strength Saturday and pounded Grenada with heavy rains and winds, snapping small boats loose from their moorings and toppling utility poles on its route toward the Caribbean island of Aruba.
705486
MIAMI - Thousands of people were told Wednesday to get ready to evacuate as powerful Hurricane Frances crept closer to Florida just weeks after Hurricane Charley's rampage. It would be the worst double hurricane strike on one state in at least a century...
199683
The small islands of the northern  Caribbean were on alert on Monday for a close encounter with  powerful Hurricane Frances, while the remnants of Tropical  Storm Gaston limped through North Carolina.
309726
Hurricane Frances is expected to have limited effects on beachgoers heading to the Cape, the islands, or Rhode Island for the rest of Labor Day weekend
722123
Hurricane Frances, poised to slog ashore late Saturday or early Sunday, could bring up to 20 inches of rain and heavy flooding.
116255
Bahamians strapped plastic sheeting over holes in their roofs left by Hurricane Frances as they readied Friday to face Hurricane Jeanne, which made an elaborate loop in the Atlantic and headed toward the chain of islands.
43137
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao  - Gusty winds knocked down trees and stinging rain flooded streets in the Netherlands Antilles on Sunday as Hurricane Felix strengthened into a "major" storm north of the Dutch Caribbean islands.
351353
Jeanne, the sixth hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic season, was poised Thursday to rake across the Caribbean as Hurricane Ivan did just days ago.
710332
FREEPORT, Bahamas -- The ferocious winds of Hurricane Frances flung debris and kicked up 15-foot waves in the sparsely populated southeastern Bahamas yesterday, while residents in the main population centers of Nassau and Freeport rushed to prepare for the worst storm in five years.
613788
FREEPORT, Bahamas  - Howling winds from hurricane Frances toppled trees and left a path of debris Friday in the Bahamas' capital of Nassau as it churned toward the island chain's other main commercial hub on a path for Florida.
575507
MIAMI, FL, Sun. Aug. 29, 5 am: A tropical storm watch may be required for portions of the northern Leeward Islands later today as the center of another hurricane, Hurricane Frances inched closer to the islands.
405558
The strongest storm to hit the Caribbean in 14 years now has Jamaica in its sights. Hurricane Ivan is expected to hit the Island nation on Friday.
600383
The latest hurricane to threaten the Caribbean looks to be heading for Trinidad and Tobago, according to the US National Hurricane Center.
94066
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao  - Hurricane Felix intensified at an alarming rate on Sunday while passing north of Aruba and was expected to become an extremely dangerous Category 5 storm as it brushed Central America and neared Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, U.S. forecasters said.
449541
Bahamians patched roofs shredded by Hurricane Frances as they prepared to face Hurricane Jeanne, which made an elaborate loop in the Atlantic and headed Thursday toward the island chain it threatened just last week.