Frances to have limited local effect
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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
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Hurricane Frances weakened and slowed Friday as it approached Florida, prolonging the anxiety among the millions evacuated and raising fears of a long and ruinous drenching over the Labor Day weekend.
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STUART, Fla.  - Hurricane Frances weakened and slowed Friday as it approached Florida, prolonging the anxiety among the millions evacuated and raising fears of a long and ruinous drenching over the Labour Day weekend.
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Hurricane Frances threatens to dampen sales, and possibly earnings, for a slew of companies -- from insurers to airlines -- as business activity screeches to a halt only three weeks after Hurricane Charley hit Florida.
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Developments associated with Hurricane Frances, which has been downgraded to a tropical storm:
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CHARLESTON, S.C. - Even as tree limbs were cleared away and power gradually returned across eastern South Carolina after Tropical Storm Gaston, officials waited and watched Monday for Hurricane Frances...
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Hurricane Frances strengthened as it churned near islands of the northeastern Caribbean with ferocious winds expected to graze Puerto Rico on Tuesday before the storm plows on toward the Bahamas and the southeastern United States.
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Hurricane Frances remained a powerful Category 4 storm Sunday as it moved closer to islands in the northern Caribbean, but it was not expected to threaten land for several days.
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Storm-weary Floridians emerged from east coast hurricane shelters on Sunday as weakened Tropical Storm Frances moved to the state's west coast after whipping off roofs, washing sailboats ashore and cutting power to 4 million people.
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FORT PIERCE, Fla. Sept. 6, 2004 - Weakened but persistent, Tropical Storm Frances took aim at the Florida Panhandle on Monday after causing flooding and tearing roofs off buildings throughout a wide swath of central and southern Florida.
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VERO BEACH, Fla. - A stubborn, slow-moving Hurricane Frances began a long-dreaded and extended assault on Florida yesterday. Packing winds in excess of 160 km/h, the storm pummelled a large swath of the state&#39;s eastern coastline.
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Hurricane Frances gained strength and  became a major hurricane with 115 mph winds in the Atlantic on  Friday as it took a path that should carry it north of the  vulnerable northeastern Caribbean islands early next week.
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The beaches of the east coast&#39;s barrier islands seemed as calm as they could be on Monday. Just one day after Hurricane Frances wobbled through, only
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Hurricane Frances weakened as it moved slowly across Florida, causing massive power outages and flooding across the state. Frances is expected to move out into the Gulf of Mexico and then cross back into northern
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ithout depositing any driving rain or generating any gusty wind, Hurricane Frances reached into the Bronx yesterday and disrupted the Yankees&#39; baseball schedule.
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STUART, Fla. - The center of the eye of Hurricane Frances struck Florida's east coast early Sunday with sustained wind of 105 mph and pelting rain, knocking out power to 2 million people and forcing Floridians to endure a frightening night amid roaring gales that shredded roofs and uprooted trees...
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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.