Stories tagged "hurricane" - Page 5

The National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Ike is expected to emerge from land and strengthen in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico later Tuesday

Hurricane Ike roared south of Cuba's densely populated capital of fragile aging buildings after tearing across the island nation, ravaging homes, killing at least four people and forcing 1.2 million to evacuate.

Hurricane Ike roared down Cuba's spine Monday and toward the island's densely populated capital of fragile historic buildings after ravaging homes, forcing 1.2 million people to evacuate and killing at least four. U.S. residents from Florida to Texas brac

Hurricane Ike tore across Cuba with 100-mph winds Monday, sending 50-foot waves crashing over buildings and forcing the evacuation of 900,000 people.

Hurricane Ike moved over warm Caribbean water off the Cuban coast on Monday after blowing off roofs, toppling trees and flattening sugar cane fields like a giant lawn mower on a path toward U.S. oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico.

OPEC ministers on Monday began gathering in Vienna ahead of a meeting to review output policy, but were widely expected to leave formal targets unchanged, especially as a powerful hurricane has lifted oil prices...

Powerful Hurricane Ike rolled down an uncertain path Sunday that may lead to the U.S. Gulf Coast late this week, forcing emergency officials to pay attention and leaving millions of people from Florida to Mexico to wonder where it will eventually strike.

Hurricane Ike struck the Turks and Caicos Islands as a Category 4 storm late Saturday night with winds near 135 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida.

Hurricane Ike will strike the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas late Saturday or early Sunday as it heads toward the north coast of Cuba on Monday, forecasters predicted.

Tropical Storm Hanna was streaking up the Atlantic Coast Saturday morning after coming ashore at 3:20 a.m. near the North Carolina and South Carolina line.