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New York has faced a hurricane, but the plague of insects is far worse, says Melissa Whitworth.

Tropical Storm Hermine has formed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Texas. A new tropical storm warning has been issued early Monday for the south Texas coast from the mouth of the Rio Grande to Baffin Bay.

Once a hurricane, Earl has lost energy and its tropical-storm punch over Canada, according to U.S. government forecasters.

" Army troops took control of the center of the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Monday, two days after a powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake smashed buildings and homes, wrecked roads and rail lines - but caused no loss of life.

Torrential rains from a tropical depression caused landslides that have killed at least 38 people in Guatemala - some of them rescuers trying to save people already buried under a wall of mud.

Onlookers survey a tree Sunday that fell on a house in Halifax during Hurricane Earl.

Germanys best-known television weatherman, Jorg Kachelmann. Photograph: Daniel Roland/AFP/Getty Images He is a household name in Germany , affectionately known for his five-oclock shadow, kipper ties and colourful weather forecasts.

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Hurricane Earl is being blamed for one death as it barrelled through Atlantic Canada on Saturday, yanking trees from their roots and toppling power lines.

At least 18 people were killed in Guatemala on Saturday, including a dozen on a bus that was buried in a landslide, as heavy rains lashed the Central American nation and southern Mexico.

ANGUILLA: The tourism-dependent island of Anguilla is rushing to repair an airport beacon damaged by Hurricane Earl that has forced the cancellation of night flights.

A day after Tropical Storm Earl passed near Connecticut, the National Weather Service has issued a dry weather statement for western and inland Connecticut.

People play on the shore of Chatham Beach while waiting for Hurricane Earl to hit September 3, 2010 in Chatham, Massachusetts.

Hurricane Earl slightly diminished in strength overnight but shifted to make landfall in the St.

The remnants of Hurricane Earl dumped wind-driven rain on Cape Cods gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages Friday night, but its close brush with the Northeast was less intense than feared only hours earlier.

To the southeast of Earl in the Atlantic, Fiona is weakening and has become a tropical depression as it heads toward Bermuda.

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Hurricane Earl played havoc with travelers Labor Day weekend plans even as it weakened Friday on its path up the East Coast toward New England.

New Jersey authorities have called off a search for a second victim of rough surf caused by Hurricane Earl and its predecessor Danielle.

The Badger runs between Ludington and Manitowoc, Wis., but its travels scheduled for Friday have been halted.

China has ordered local leaders to cool a surge in politically sensitive food prices by raising vegetable production amid rising tensions in poor countries over surging food costs.

Fishermen in southwestern Nova Scotia secured their boats as best they could Thursday as hurricane Earl continued its march towards Atlantic Canada.

The last ferry left for the mainland and coastal residents hunkered down at home as Hurricane Earl closed in with 115 mph winds Thursday on North Carolinas dangerously exposed Outer Banks, the first and potentially most destructive stop on the storms projected journey up the Eastern Seaboard.

A two-story Comfort Inn has become a makeshift hurricane hostel on North Carolinas Outer Banks for those who want to stay close to their homes but know they need better shelter from the outslaught of Earl.

A few pennies increase in the price of a loaf of bread can mean the difference between getting by and going hungry -- and erupting in anger -- in the worlds poorest countries.

With the projected path of Hurricane Earl moving closer to Nantucket, island officials are recommending that people stay off the beaches, move their boats and close shutters.

Details on what to do to keep your family safe if youre in the path of Hurricane Earl.

Retailers are reporting surprisingly solid gains for August even as unusually hot weather and job worries kept a lid on back-to-school buying.

In this July 18, 2010 file photo, a man sunbathes on a beach in Tokyo as the temperature went up to 33 degrees Celsius on the weekend.

An evacuation has started in the US as residents of eastern beaches wait for Hurricane Earl.

By SETH BORENSTEIN Sophisticated computer models that replaced instinct with cold, hard math have helped forecasters predict where a storm like Hurricane Earl is going about twice as accurately as 20 years ago.And last year, they proved it: The three-day forecast was as accurate as the here-it-comes, one-day warning used to be in the 1980s.

Powerful Hurricane Earl spun toward the East Coast on Wednesday, driving tourists from North Carolinas vacation islands and threatening to bring damaging winds and waves all along the Atlantic seaboard through Labor Day weekend.

The United Nations on Wednesday opened its first field office ahead of Southern Sudans scheduled January referendum on independence.

International food prices have risen to their highest level in two years, fuelled in part by a drought in Russia that lifted the cost of wheat, a UN agency said Wednesday.

Hurricane Earl moves north-northwest of San Juan, Puerto Rico with the with Tropical Storm Fiona forming behind to the east on August 31, 2010 in the Atlantic Ocean as seen from space.

Even though we are going to see the heat build up even higher this afternoon, the humidity remains a non-issue. Sunshine and dry conditions are going to last through the rest of the week.

This month brought the coldest temperature recorded in August for 23 years - and a complete absence of "hot days". An exceptionally cloudy few weeks in the south east of England put something of a dampener on the holiday period as heavy rain fell across large swathes of the country.

Federal officials urged U.S. residents to prepare for possible evacuations as islanders in the Turks and Caicos braced for high winds Tuesday as powerful Hurricane Earl howled over open seas toward the East Coast of the U.S. The Category 4 hurricane, with winds of 135 mph , was expected to remain over the open ocean before turning north and running ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico a Hurricane Earl battered tiny islands across the northeastern Caribbean with heavy rain and roof-ripping winds Monday, rapidly intensifying into a major Category 4 storm.

Hot weather has prompted more than a dozen Iowa school districts to let students go home early.

Corn prices climbed Monday to a level not seen since January as traders questioned whether the crop will in fact set records, as some expect.

Forecasters say a storm moving into the Northwest Tuesday will bring heavier than normal rain for this time of year in Western Washington.

The National Hurricane Centers track for Earl. Virginias Department of Emergency Management is asking residents of the commonwealth to prepare for the possible effects of Hurricane Earl.

Hurricane Earl lashed the northeastern Caribbean on Monday as a still-growing Category 3 storm on a course that could threaten the eastern United States later this week.

Hurricane Earl has become a major hurricane in the Caribbean, reaching Category 3 status with maximum sustained winds near 120 mph .

Thousands of revellers are hoping for some Bank Holiday sunshine celebrate the final day of the Notting Hill Carnival.

Good news, winter haters: After record snowfall in the mid-Atlantic and unusually cold weather down South, the Farmers Almanac is predicting a "kinder and gentler" winter.

It is the beginning of the end as far as the summer holidays are concerned - but the bank holiday sunshine was set to arrive at last on Monday.

ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland -- An expedition surveying the wreck of the Titanic is showing off some crisp images of the worlds most famous shipwreck, but officials said Sunday they are headed back to shore.

New Delhi, Aug 29 : Delhi experienced a hot and humid Sunday with the days temperature above the average level.

President Barack Obama is wrapping up his vacation on Marthas Vineyard and heading for New Orleans to mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

Forecasters say Earl has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane as it barrels toward several islands in the eastern Caribbean.

A seventh-generation high-wire daredevil pedalled a bicycle across a precarious line strung between two hotel towers in an attempt to break his own world record.

Ford company has informed owners of Windstar minivans in the U.S. and Canada that the rear axles of the vehicles have a problem, inasmuch as they might corrode and break in two.

Hurricane Danielle is far out over the Atlantic but the Category 2 storm is bringing dangerous rip currents to the U.S. East Coast.

New numbers confirm what the sweaty brows of Northeasterners have been saying for months: The summer of 2010 was a record-breaking scorcher.

Hurricane Katrina barreled onto the Louisiana coast on Aug. 29, 2005, and tore its way inland, leaving a swath of horrific flooding and destruction in its wake.

Thousands of farmers have crowded this once-quiet Pakistani town. They live on the hospitals lawn, they camp on overpasses.

The pitiable, shameful state of much of the countrys rail infrastructure was on full display this week in the Northeast, no more so than in Queens , N.Y., a hub for nearly a dozen rail lines coming in and out of the city.

A statewide heat wave this past week will mean a $29 million penalty for Central Valley businesses and possibly others because of a spike in air pollution spurred by the sweltering conditions.

The plants are monitored and tended remotely for almost the entire year. Astronauts visiting Mars in the future may be able to look forward to a fresh salad when they arrive, thanks to Canadian research.

Hurricane Danielle became a Category 4 storm Friday over the Atlantic as it headed toward Bermuda and threatened to bring dangerous rip currents to the U.S. East Coast.

Millions of people hoping to beat the bank-holiday hordes by setting off at the crack of dawn should perhaps think again - experts predict the roads will be at their worst on Saturday morning.

Thousands of music fans have donned their wellies and braved muddy fields for the first day of the Reading Festival.

Wildfires drove early morning evacuations in western Montana and thunderstorms sparked dozens more blazes in Idaho as crews battled dozens of blazes throughout the northwest.

Cooler temperatures and calmer winds Friday are helping firefighters control wildfires that flared up across Eastern Washington in Thursdays hot, gusty winds.

British scientists have decoded the genetic sequence of wheat - one of the worlds oldest and most important crops - a development they hope could help the global staple meet the challenges of climate change, disease and population growth.

Landslides and floods triggered by torrential rains swept through a town in northern Turkey, killing at least 12 people, officials said Friday.

A Guizhou farmer holds his poor harvest. Severe drought has greatly affected crops in many parts of the country this year.

A volatile mix of a regional heat wave and an influx of moisture sent thunderheads into the Southern California desert Thursday, unleashing flash floods that destroyed a tractor trailer and left mud as deep as 7 feet on roads.

The millions of people preparing for a long weekend get-away should pack for every eventuality and leave early - all signs suggest this will be a typical British Bank Holiday.

High winds fanned wildfires across at least three Western states Thursday, closing roads and forcing residents from their homes, and the threat of more blazes loomed in California.

Aimee Zannoni, left with her friend, David La Vera, passes along her dog, Toaster at a fountain in Griffith Park, Wednesday Aug.

The Bay City Times says the partially treated sewage mixed with storm water flowed into the river last Thursday.

Hurricane Danielle is getting a little stronger in the open Atlantic as it heads toward Bermuda.

Since Muslims began their daily dawn-to-dusk fast for the holy month of Ramadan two weeks ago, Egypt has been hit by its worst power outages in decades.

Wheat prices fell nearly 4 percent Wednesday amid concerns about U.S. sales overseas after the Ukraine decided against limiting grain exports despite damage from a drought.

Recent flooding and hot weather are sending the mosquito population soaring in the Ames area.

An autopsy has been ordered on a 4-month-old girl found dead in a hot SUV in downtown Lufkin.

Doctors struggled Wednesday to identify the remains of 14 people, including six foreign tourists, who were killed in a plane crash while heading to the Mount Everest region in heavy rain.