Thousands flee hurricane
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NEW ORLEANS: Thousands streamed toward higher ground yesterday on highways turned into one-way evacuation routes and surf started eroding beaches as Hurricane Ivan roared toward the Gulf Coast with 217kph wind and its outer bands darkened the sky.
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MIAMI: Tens of thousands of people in the US south have started evacuating their homes as Hurricane Ivan continues its relentless march towards Florida.
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Hurricane Charley raced up the Atlantic seaboard, leaving a trail of demolished homes and forcing thousands to evacuate.
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Tens of thousands of people fled low-lying areas on Central America's Caribbean coast on Monday to escape the powerful winds and torrential rains of approaching Hurricane Felix.
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Hundreds of islanders fled to higher ground in the Turks and Caicos tonight as Hurricane Frances whipped up surf in the Caribbean and roared toward the Bahamas.
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MORE than 1.2 million people in metropolitan New Orleans have been warned to get out as 225km/h Hurricane Ivan churned toward the Gulf Coast of the US.
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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
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Hundreds of thousands of people fled China&#39;s eastern coast as Typhoon Aere hit the mainland after battering Taiwan. Aere came ashore in Fujian province, south of Shanghai, late Wednesday afternoon.
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FORT PIERCE, Fla. - Hurricane Jeanne forced the evacuations of more than 800,000 residents Saturday as it speeded up and bore down on Florida with winds near 105 mph and threatened to strengthen into a major storm...
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Hundreds of thousands of people along the US coast from New Orleans to northwest Florida were told to leave their homes on Tuesday as Hurricane Ivan roared into the Gulf of Mexico after grazing western Cuba.
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Hurricane Jeanne forced the evacuations of more than 800,000 residents Saturday as it bore down on Florida with winds near 105 mph and threatened to strengthen into a major storm.
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Tourists and residents throughout the Florida Keys were sent packing Thursday to avoid the wrath of Hurricane Ivan, even as millions of people in disaster-stricken Florida struggled to pick up the pieces from Hurricanes Frances and Charley.
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Hurricane Ivan continued to torment the Caribbean yesterday as it swung past the western edge of Cuba, triggering the evacuation of more than a million coastal residents, who were ordered to move to higher ground.
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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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Hurricane Ivan, with winds of 155 miles per hour, forced evacuations in Jamaica as it moved on a track toward Cuba and Florida, where residents braced for the third powerful storm to hit the state in a month.
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MIAMI  - Hundreds of 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.
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Residents of the southeastern US city of New Orleans, Louisiana, are fleeing their historic hometown in anticipation of Hurricane Ivan&#39;s approach, knowing the city has been vulnerable over the years to the destructive power of the storms.