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August 2008 Posts

Hurricane Gustav's angle hints at widespread damage; GOP drops convention's opening night as Gustav nears; Storm Hanna, off Florida, keeps experts guessing; Fay leaves behind lots of water for Fla. lake (08-31)
Nagin warns of 'storm of century;' Mandatory evacuations issued; Contraflow to start Sunday as area evacuates (08-30)
New Orleans sets plan for hurricane evacuation; Powerful Hurricane Gustav heads to Caymans (08-29)
Storm plans put into motion in New Orleans; Texas makes preparations in cast Gustav strikes; Tropical Storm Hanna forms, could threaten U.S. late next week (08-28)
Gustav kills 22; US Gulf Coast prepares; New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin to return from DNC immediately (08-27)
Hurricane Gustav hits Haiti; Gulf Coast faces threat; Fay's remnants soak drought-parched South; NASA destroys rocket after failed launch (08-26)
Flood threat continues; Fay rainfall totals for Florida; Bush names 4 Fla. counties disaster areas from Fay (08-24)
Fay Resources (Archived) (08-24)
Fay's toll in Fla. hits 11; Gulf cities threatened; Fay hits Florida fourth time, heads for New Orleans; Fay first storm of its kind to hit Florida 4 times (08-23)
Seven Florida deaths blamed on Tropical Storm Fay (08-22)
Fay might move into Gulf of Mexico and make a fourth landfall in Florida by Friday night (08-21)
Fay becoming 'catastrophic' flood event; 30 inches of rain expected, National Guard activated (08-20)
Fay no longer predicted to strengthen before 3rd Florida landfall; 10 inches of rain has fallen in Brevard County (08-20)
Tropical Storm Fay may strengthen to a hurricane over Atlantic; Fay may hit Jacksonville or Georgia Coast as hurricane and may move into Gulf of Mexico; Fay surprises, intensifies over Florida; Tropical storm warning lifted in South Fla.; Fay continues slow crawl across state; Waters recede in flooded South Texas county; Rescuers find hikers missing in Grand Canyon flood (08-19)
Tropical Storm Fay makes landfall at Cape Romano, Fla. Tuesday morning, about 55 miles south of Fort Myers (08-19)
Tropical Storm Fay makes landfall in Key West, heads for SW Florida; Evacuations as rain breaches dam near Grand Canyon (08-18)
Visitors leave Florida Keys ahead of storm; Miami-Dade, Broward, Monroe County schools closed Monday; Fay expected to be near hurricane strength as it approaches Fla. Keys; Lunar eclipse gallery (08-17)
Fla. prepares for Fay, Keys most likely to feel storm's impact: Gov. Crist declares state of emergency for Fla.; In Florida, turning a blind eye to hurricanes; Tropical Storm Fay nears Cuba, threatening floods; Weather Service: No tornado after rare NYC warning; Congrats, Michael Phelps (08-16)
Tropical Storm Fay forms, could become hurricane threatening Florida by Monday; Lunar eclipse on Aug. 16 for all except North America; Perseid over Vancouver (08-15)
Atlantic storm may intensify, threaten Florida, forecasters say; Russia-Georgia clash prompts space station worries; Prayer video that sought Barack Obama drenching gets yanked; Flooding follows torrential rain in Scotland; NASA delays robotic moon mission until 2009; NASA safety panel worries about moon ship design; SpaceWeather.com's Perseid Meteor Shower Gallery (08-14)
Forecasters keep an eye on tropical waves in Atlantic; Hurricane Hernan now tropical storm in Pacific; For ninth day in a row, much of N.H. on flood watch; Perseid Meteor Shower peaks Tuesday morning; NASA pushes back new space program (08-11)
Floods force evacuations, close roads in Vermont; Weather forecasting plays crucial role in Beijing Olympics; WXnation.com adds Beijing weather page (08-06)
3 tornadoes reported, homes damaged in Chicago area, 67,000 still without power; National Weather Service confirmed tornado touchdowns in Bloomingdale, Bolingbrook and Griffith; Storms damage more than 3,000 trees (08-06)
Edouard makes landfall (08-05)
Tropical Storm Edouard expected to make landfall with near-hurricane strength winds Tuesday afternoon near Galveston; Severe thunderstorms, tornadoes possible overnight in Indiana, Ohio (08-04)
Tropical Storm Edouard forms in Gulf's oil area; System expected to bring wind and rain to Texas, Louisiana coasts; One model suggests Category 1 hurricane by landfall; North Texas records 10th straight 100-degree mark; High temp of 103 breaks Denver heat record for August 2; Chinese meteorologists: Typhoons could threaten Games; Memo to CNN: L.A. earthquake was no big deal -- really (08-03)
Extreme heat takes down 6 Fort Worth officers; High of 105 degrees, heat index of 110 degrees forecast for DFW; Chinese cheered by eclipse a week before Olympics; The Milky Way over Ontario pic (08-01)

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