More webcams now online in New Orleans; Mayor: N.O. to reopen next week; Pumping of flood waters ahead of schedule; Katrina makes top 10 deadliest disasters, death toll at 710; NOAA: Katrina most destructive ever; Miss. sues insurers; Scientists rescuing dolphins; Katrina satellite TV channels; Experts: Global warming causing stronger hurricanes; MA Cape, Islands on alert for Ophelia; Heavy rains flood parts of Big Island; The luckiest unlucky guy; Tsunami warning test; NASA to unveil plans for 2018 moon mission; Auroras; Kate Bush ‘Hounds of Love’ 20th anniversary
Katrina’s Aftermath: National Day of Prayer | Bush outlines new aid package from New Orleans | Reopening N.O.: More webcams are slowly coming back online in and around New Orleans. See them, and weather images, in the New Orleans weather/webcams page | Mayor: N.O. to reopen next week | Mayor outlines timeline for reopening N.O. by ZIP code | Poll with comments: Will you return to the N.O. area? | Pumping of Katrina flood waters ahead of schedule | Most Destructive: Katrina makes top 10 deadliest disasters: So far, the official death toll across five states is 710 | NOAA says Katrina was most destructive ever | Top 10 US natural disasters | From Mississippi: Insurers sued to force them to pay storm-surge coverage | Scientists begin rescuing storm-displaced dolphins | Katrina Info By Satellite: DISH Network dedicates channel to Hurricane Information Network: Katrina Information Network (KIN) is on channel 206; DirecTV’s is on Ch. 100 | Satellite Images: Before & after N.O. images
More Katrina News: 1993 recommendations could have prevented some flooding | Experts say global warming is causing stronger hurricanes | Hurricanes are getting stronger, study says | Airline woes: Bankrupt pledges | USATODAY.com reports record traffic for August: Katrina features garnered more than 2.1 million unique visitors and more than 57 million page views through August | More Katrina stories in yesterday’s post…
Ophelia Update: From MA: Cape, Islands on alert for Ophelia | Forecast track | Tropical Storm Ophelia moves out to sea: More than 200,000 in NC were without power overnight, but 3-day drenching was far less severe than many had anticipated … Ophelia images and additional stories are in yesterday’s post.
Other Weather News: From Hawaii: Heavy rains flood parts of Big Island
NASA weather satellites to study clouds
The Weather Channel Interactive puts live interactive traffic maps in Desktop Weather
Another NW quake story: Slipping fault may increase quake risk
NWS conducts tsunami warning test in Monterey, CA
Space News: NASA to unveil plans for 2018 moon mission
More incredible aurora images are in the SpaceWeather.com Aurora Gallery | Astronomy Picture of the Day
Off-Topic: Today is the 20th anniversary of the release of my all-time favorite album, and the album I named Best Meteorological Album: Kate Bush‘s “Hounds of Love” … Bush has a new double-CD titled “Aerial” coming out Nov. 8, and the first single, “King of the Mountain,” will be available on iTunes Sept. 27. Great review of “Hounds of Love”, KT discussion board and news
Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Thursday: 1. New Orleans 2. Dallas/Fort Worth 3. Wilmington/NC Coast 4. Raleigh 5. Indianapolis … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.
