Hurricane Ike lashed homes with howling winds Saturday as it neared this low-lying island chain as an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm, prompting thousands of people to evacuate or scramble for shelter. ...more

September 7, 2008

Filled with college football rivalries, sunny skies and little rain, this glorious weekend belies a behemoth churning toward Florida. ...more

September 6, 2008

Gustav slammed into Cuba's tobacco-growing western tip as a monstrous Category 4 hurricane Saturday, and Cubans and Americans scrambled to flee the storm as it roared toward the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans. ...more

August 31, 2008

Saving people in a national disaster isn't a matter of days, Florida's emergency chief Craig Fugate told a group of military officers in Tampa on Friday. It's a matter of hours. ...more

November 17, 2007