Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal Monday called on the federal government to release emergency crude oil supplies to counteract fuel shortages due to Hurricane Gustav.
Gustav weakened to a Category 1 hurricane as it approached the Louisiana cities of New Iberia and Lafayette.
Hurricane Gustav sent strong winds and lashing rains into New Orleans, but the storm lost some of its power.
Hundreds line up to leave New Orleans as Gustav approaches as Category 4 storm.
New Orleans residents confront the prospect of an evacuation as Tropical Storm Gustav approaches.
Three years—more than a thousand days—have passed since Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans on August 29, 2005.
Tropical Storm Fay made a record fourth landfall in Florida on Saturday and pummeled the state's northern panhandle with heavy rainfall as it prepared to cross into southern Alabama.
Tropical Storm Fay, the storm that just won’t quit, has been wreaking havoc today on America’s First Coast.
Fay hit Florida coast for the third time, bringing more of the torrential rain that has flooded hundreds of homes.
Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign announced a ‘fifty-state strategy.’ The Campaign for Change is making a strong push to bring as many new supporters as possible into our movement’ said Alex Lofton, Georgia Field Director, in an email.