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Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:22:27 GMT
Reuters - Tropical Storm Ida regained strength off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Saturday and spun north toward the Gulf of Mexico, where it could again become a hurricane.
Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:46:19 GMT

View of a ship grounded by Hurricane Ida in Corn Island, Nicaraguan Caribbean, November 5. Mexico's government issued a hurricane warning on Saturday as a strengthening tropical storm Ida bore down on the country's Yucatan peninsula.(AFP/File/Elmer Martinez)AFP - Mexico's government issued a hurricane warning on Saturday as a strengthening tropical storm Ida bore down on the country's Yucatan peninsula.


Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:06:25 GMT

A man moves a boat in front of a flooded home near Huimanguillo, Mexico, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. According to local reports, nearly 200,000 people in the southern Mexican state of Tabasco have been affected by this week's flooding, as more rain fell on the region today. (AP Photo/America Rocio)AP - A week of torrential rain has flooded the homes of more than 200,000 people along Mexico's Gulf coast, officials said Friday. Residents in some towns complained that no help had arrived.


Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:00:54 GMT

This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 at 3:45 a.m. EST shows clear skies over much of the East as a high pressure system continues to dominate the area, bringing dry conditions.  A mass of clouds east of the Yucatan Peninsula is associated with Tropical Depression Ida. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)AP - Ida has become a tropical storm again, with top winds of 45 mph (72 kph), as it swirls in the Caribbean on a track that could bring it to the U.S. Gulf Coast next week.


Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:15:58 GMT

People are seen negotiating a flooded railway in the central Vietnamese province of Binh Dinh, a few days ago, after the passage of tropical storm Mirinae. At least 13 people have been killed in a landslide in central Vietnam following storms and flooding that have now left almost 130 people dead, according to officials.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - At least 13 people have been killed in a landslide in central Vietnam following storms and flooding that have now left almost 130 people dead, according to officials.


Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:44:33 GMT

People wash clothes at the edge of flooded Da Vai dam in Song Cau after Tropical Storm Mirinae in Phu Yen province in south central Vietnam, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The death toll from Mirinae rose up in central Vietnam on Thursday and authorities estimated damage from the storm at $55 million. (AP Photo/Vietnam News Agency, The Lap)AP - The 69-year-old watchman couldn't swim so when Tropical Storm Mirinae sparked a flash flood he ran, shimmied up a tree and hung on — for three nights and two days.


Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:21:14 GMT

Tropical storm Ida is seen November 5, 2009, in this handout photo. REUTERS/NOAA/HandoutReuters - Hurricane Ida weakened to a tropical depression as it churned through eastern Nicaragua on Thursday after cutting power and ripping roofs on little-developed Caribbean islands.


Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:33:03 GMT

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) handout satellite image shows Hurricane Ida coming ashore in Nicaragua near Tasbapauni. Hurricane Ida unleashed heavy winds and rain on thousands of residents of eastern Nicaragua Thursday, causing flooding and destroying homes, before being downgraded to a tropical storm.(AFP/NOAA)AFP - Hurricane Ida unleashed heavy winds and rain on thousands of residents of eastern Nicaragua Thursday, causing flooding and destroying homes, before being downgraded to a tropical storm.


Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:22:58 GMT

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) handout satellite image shows Hurricane Ida coming ashore in Nicaragua near Tasbapauni. Hurricane Ida unleashed heavy winds and rain on thousands of residents of eastern Nicaragua Thursday, causing flooding and destroying homes, before being downgraded to a tropical storm.(AFP/NOAA)AFP - Ida was downgraded to a tropical storm on Thursday after slamming into Nicaragua as a category one hurricane, the US National Hurricane Center said.


Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:27:37 GMT

Graphic tracks the projected path of Tropical Storm IdaAP - Officials readied storm shelters along Mexico's Caribbean coast Saturday and told fishermen and tour operators to pull in their boats amid warnings that Tropical Storm Ida could become a hurricane as it neared the resort city of Cancun.


Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:59:27 GMT

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) handout satellite image shows Hurricane Ida coming ashore in Nicaragua near Tasbapauni. Hurricane Ida unleashed heavy winds and rain on thousands of residents of eastern Nicaragua Thursday, causing flooding and destroying homes, before being downgraded to a tropical storm.(AFP/NOAA)AFP - Hurricane Ida made landfall as a category one storm on the eastern coast of Nicaragua Thursday, the US-based National Hurricane Center said.


Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT
The Christian Science Monitor - It's been a busy week in Kenya. Torrential rains ended a months-long drought. A new Constitution was drafted. The world's fastest man, Usain Bolt, arrived to adopt the world's fastest mammal, a baby cheetah.
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:39:02 GMT
Reuters - Tropical Storm Ida strengthened off the coast of Nicaragua on Wednesday as heavy rains forced a Caribbean island to evacuate and the Central American nation, fearing devastating mudslides, was put on hurricane watch.
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:29:16 GMT
AP - Mild weather was expected over the Central U.S. as light showers continued over the Great Lakes on Wednesday.
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:32:25 GMT

People are seen negotiating a flooded railway in the central Vietnamese province of Binh Dinh, a few days ago, after the passage of tropical storm Mirinae. At least 13 people have been killed in a landslide in central Vietnam following storms and flooding that have now left almost 130 people dead, according to officials.(AFP/HO/File)Reuters - Tropical storm Mirinae killed 42 people after plowing into central Vietnam this week and several others are missing, state media reported on Wednesday.


Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:07:50 GMT

Flooded houses are pictured in the central Vietnamese province of Binh Dinh. Tropical storm Mirinae, which hit the Philippines as a deadly typhoon at the weekend, killed at least 40 people and left 11 missing in Vietnam, a national disaster official said Tuesday.(AFP/VNA)AFP - Tropical storm Mirinae, which hit the Philippines as a deadly typhoon at the weekend, killed at least 40 people and left 11 missing in Vietnam, a national disaster official said Tuesday.


Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:02:34 GMT

Flooded houses are pictured in the central Vietnamese province of Binh Dinh. Tropical storm Mirinae, which hit the Philippines as a deadly typhoon at the weekend, killed at least 40 people and left 11 missing in Vietnam, a national disaster official said Tuesday.(AFP/VNA)AFP - Tropical storm Mirinae, which hit the Philippines as a deadly typhoon at the weekend, killed at least 40 people and left 11 missing in Vietnam, a national disaster official said Tuesday.


Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:37:16 GMT

A bridge over the River Tay in Carnoustie, Scotland. Hundreds of people across Scotland and Wales were sheltering in temporary accommodation after a weekend of storms and rain brought the mild autumn weather came to an abrupt end.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Hundreds of people across Scotland and Wales were sheltering in temporary accommodation on Monday after a weekend of storms and rain brought the mild autumn weather came to an abrupt end.


Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:01:47 GMT

Residents wade through a flooded street caused by flash floods brought about by Typhoon Mirinae in the town of Santa Cruz, Laguna province, south of Manila. Typhoon Mirinae smashed through the Philippines overnight, killing eleven people and worsening floods in areas that were struggling to recover from recent deadly storms, officials said Saturday.(AFP/Ted Aljibe)AFP - Typhoon Mirinae smashed through the Philippines overnight, killing eleven people and worsening floods in areas that were struggling to recover from recent deadly storms, officials said Saturday.


Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:39:18 GMT

Philippine flood victims queue for handouts of sanitary packs distributed by the UN's International Organization for Migration in the suburban Manila in November 5. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday she will travel to the Philippines next week to Reuters - The third typhoon to hit the Philippines in five weeks slammed into the main island of Luzon on Saturday, uprooting trees and toppling power lines, but there were no immediate reports of widespread damage.


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