Hurricanes May Have Spared Manatees
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The fury of four hurricanes in Florida may have spared the state's endangered manatee population from further decline.
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Within the annual growth rings of old longleaf pines, scientists are discovering a previously unknown record of hurricane activity in the Southeast.
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Purdueâs School of Veterinary Medicine will provide refuge to a group of veterinary students who lost their homes and classrooms when Hurricane Ivan destroyed their facilities on the Caribbean island of Grenada.
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MIAMI - Tropical Storm Jeanne edged away from the southeastern Bahamas and, to some extent, became lost at sea Saturday. Forecasters acknowledged they could not reliably predict its next move.
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Caribbean islanders are bracing for Hurricane Ivan -- only a few days since Hurricane Frances roared through the region. Ivan is heading for the Windward Islands packing sustained winds of 110 miles-an-hour.
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KEY WEST, Fla. - The only whooshing sound Hurricane Ivan stirred in the Keys and populous South Florida on Sunday was a sigh of relief from residents no longer fearful the 160-mph storm would make a direct hit...
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Hurricane Ivan lost some strength as it hit the Cayman Islands and Cuba but was still capable of causing tremendous damage.
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KEY LARGO, Fla. - Tourists and residents throughout the Florida Keys were sent packing Thursday to avoid the wrath of Hurricane Ivan, even as millions of disaster-stricken residents struggled to pick up the pieces from Hurricanes Frances and Charley...
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MANATEE - The combination of computer crashes, wintry weather and lost luggage that turned last weekend into the Flightmare during Christmas for many airline passengers isn&#39;t likely to repeat itself during the busy New Year&#39;s holiday weekend, travel
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By James A. Jones Jr., The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Jun. 5--EAST MANATEE -- There is no argument that the area needs plenty of electric power and redundancy, so that the grid doesn't fail in a hurricane and leave residents in the dark for days and maybe weeks.
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A new technique for tracking tempests using tree rings could help settle the debate about whether global warming is affecting hurricane frequency.
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Hurricane Ivan spared the critical Gulf Coast refining belt, but oil prices rose anyway Thursday on fears a new storm brewing in the Caribbean will delay tankers carrying imported crude to US ports.
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By Rowena CoetseeSTAFF  SHERMAN ISLAND -- Dennis Bradley never did glimpse the whales during their visit to the Delta last month, but on Friday he got an eyeful of an alligator.
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Wildlife officials in Sri Lanka expressed surprise Wednesday that they found no evidence of large-scale animal deaths from the weekend's massive tsunami &#151; indicating that animals may have sensed the wave coming and fled to higher ground.
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Since rain and freshwater flooding are the number one causes of death from hurricanes in the United States over the last 30 years, better understanding of these storms is vital for insuring public safety.
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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.
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I don&#39;t know why I bother with this. You won&#39;t listen to me. But after riding out Hurricane Charley in a darkened building in Punta Gorda one week ago today, hearing the roar of the 145 mph wind and the clang of ...