Throngs Flee Gulf Coast as Storm Nears
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Tens of thousands of people from a 300-mile swath of the Gulf Coast fled Hurricane Ivan and winds of 140 miles per hour.
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New Orleans&#39; mayor urged the Big Easy&#39;s half-million residents to evacuate, and residents of low-lying Gulf Coast communities were ordered to leave Tuesday as Hurricane Ivan moved toward the northern Gulf Coast with 140 mph
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Hurricane Ivan veered to the north today on a path toward Alabama's Gulf Coast as inhabitants across a 300-mile-wide danger zone braced for its onslaught, and a new storm gathered strength in the Caribbean.
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PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. - Apprehensive coastal residents from Floridaâs Panhandle to Louisiana prepared to flee from massive Hurricane Ivan, which has entered the Gulf of Mexico and is on a collision course with the Gulf Coast.
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Faced with a nightmare scenario of floodwaters that could drown this below-sea-level city, thousands of evacuees jammed highways Tuesday in an agonizingly slow escape from 140-mph Hurricane Ivan as it bore down on four Gulf Coast states.
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PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. - Frightened residents of the Gulf Coast from Florida's Panhandle to Louisiana's bayous were boarding up windows, packing and hitting the road Tuesday as powerful Hurricane Ivan charged in their direction...
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MOBILE, Ala. - Hurricane Ivan and its 135-mph winds churned toward this historic port city with frightening intensity Wednesday as the storm began its assault on the Gulf Coast, lashing the region with heavy rain and ferocious wind, spawning monster waves that toppled beach houses and spinning off deadly tornadoes...
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Gulf Shores, Ala. -- Hurricane Ivan thrashed the Gulf Coast with 130 mph winds Thursday, turning five-story condominiums into two-story rubble piles and spinning off deadly tornadoes before moving inland and
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Two-and-a-half million people have been told to get out of the way of hurricane âFrances.&#39;&#39;. The storm is aiming at a 480-kilometre stretch of Florida&#39;s Atlantic coast.
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Authorities urged millions of people from  New Orleans to northwest Florida to flee as deadly Hurricane  Ivan pushed across the Gulf of Mexico on a track that could  bring it to the U.S. coast on Wednesday night.
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(Panama City Beach, Florida-AP) Sept. 14, 2004 - Hurricane Ivan&#39;s winds have weakend to 140 miles-per-hour, but that&#39;s not stopping some Gulf Coast residents from getting out of the way of Hurricane Ivan.
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PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. - Apprehensive coastal residents from Florida's Panhandle to Louisiana prepared to flee from massive Hurricane Ivan, which has entered the Gulf of Mexico and is on a collision course with the Gulf Coast...
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Frightened residents of the Gulf Coast boarded up windows, packed and hit the road today as Hurricane Ivan charged in their direction.
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More than 1.2 million people in metropolitan New Orleans were warned to get out Tuesday as 140-mph Hurricane Ivan churned toward the Gulf Coast, threatening to submerge this below-sea-level city in what could be the most disastrous storm to hit in nearly 40 years.
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Gulf Coast residents kept a watchful eye and the oil industry began making preparations Thursday as forecasters warned that a weather system swirling over waters west of Florida could become a tropical storm.
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MOBILE, Ala. - Hurricane Ivan and its 135-mph winds churned toward the Gulf Coast with frightening intensity Wednesday, spawning monster waves that toppled beach houses and spinning off tornadoes that killed at least two people...
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NEW ORLEANS - Stragglers streamed toward higher ground Wednesday on highways turned into one-way evacuation routes as Hurricane Ivan roared toward the Gulf Coast with 135 mph wind, pounding beaches with 12-foot waves and starting to deliver what could be torrential rain.    Ivan could cause significant damage no matter where it strikes, as hurricane-force wind extended up to 105 miles out from the center...