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Dean smashes into Yucat n as Category 5 monster
Hurricane Dean blasted into Mexico's Yucatn Peninsula before dawn Tuesday as a savage Category 5 hurricane, the most intense storm to make landfall since Hurricane Andrew attacked South Florida in 1992.
20 years ago: Defendant jumped out window
Twenty years ago this week, Michael Lee Lockhart, on trial in San Antonio for the killing of Beaumont police officer Paul Douglas Hulsey Jr., dove out a third-floor window as part of an escape attempt.
Texas State Guard Medical Brigade members from left, Capt. Kirk Higgins, 1st Sgt.
County officials review Dolly response
Cameron County officials are taking a hard look at how well emergency preparations worked during and after Hurricane Dolly.
Tropical Storm Edouard: Houston/Galveston Media and Emergency Management Resources
More Blogs of War: Tropical Storm Edouard Forms in the Gulf of Mexico - Forecasts and Models Point to Texas Landfall Tropical Storm Edouard Prompts Hurricane Watch for Upper Texas Coast Tropical Storm Edouard ...
Tropical Storm Edouard Forms in the Gulf of Mexico - Forecasts and Models Point to Texas Landfall
This storm intensified rapidly today with a quick progression from tropical disturbance to tropical storm.
Governor General Sir Kenneth Hall , Agriculture Minister Christopher Tufton and Senator Norman Grant, president of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, are about to bite into their ripe bananas.
Help for Hurricane Dolly Victims is Coming from Longview
A Longview company was asked to get ready to help evacuees from Hurricane Dolly.
Billions to retool sugar factories
Bernard Lodge sugar factory in a deplorable condition. After September 2008, the factory will primarly produce ethanol instead of sugar.
Hurricane aid in South Texas ready to help the Valley
Nearly 13 months ago, the Rio Grande Valley watched as Hurricane Dean crawled up the eastern coast of Mexico threatening people living on both sides of the international river.
Nearly 13 months ago, the Rio Grande Valley watched as Hurricane Dean crawled up the eastern coast of Mexico threatening people living on both sides of the international river.
Banana issue threatening to split WTO
Jamaican lawmakers have signalled that the African Caribbean and Pacific grouping is prepared to fight a decision by the European Union to cave on bananas, saying too many vulnerable economies are invested in ...
Nearly 13 months ago, the Rio Grande Valley watched as Hurricane Dean crawled up the eastern coast of Mexico threatening people living on both sides of the international river.
Tropical storm Dolly heads for Yucatan
CANCUN: Tropical Storm Dolly headed for Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Sunday bearing heavy rains and winds, but it posed no immediate threat to Gulf oil installations slightly south of its projected path.
No building permits for Caribbean Terrace
Errol Green, town clerk, says the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation, will not be granting any building permits in Caribbean Terrace in eastern St Andrew.
Fair-weather Prospect: St Thomas residents band together to survive disasters
The Prospect group is hoping that its efforts at educating residents will help prevent fatalities which are common in hurricane conditions - file When she heard that Hurricane Dean was coming, Reena Faley, who ...
Pat Shingleton for July 16, 2008
As we monitor the Caribbean, Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico for tropical storms, we note the Top 10 International Weather Events of 2007, from Weatherwise Magazine.
Blossom Cover is a pig farmer from Melrose in Manchester, whose product supplies, among other markets, the jerk stalls that are lined up as shacks along the roadside in the community, in easy reach of ...
Yendi is a burst of energy. Between her duties as TV host, writing her thesis, giving graduation speeches and charity work, the reigning Miss Jamaica World is a typical 22-year-old. Last year, she spearheaded ...
Jamaica, five others widen insurance coverage
In the September 2007 Gleaner photo, students of the Watsonton Primary School in Lionel Town, Clarendon look at the roofless administrative building at the school after Hurricane Dean in August 2007.