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Alabama and Louisiana coastal residents fleeing future hurricanes will have to travel farther north along Mississippi highways before exiting. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/hurricane_contraflow_routes_changed/25743/ Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:26:36 +0000 31.582045175714057 -90.47515869140625 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/hurricane_forecast_revised1/25143/Apr-07-2009_9-03-am/
Hurricane forecasters at Colorado State University have scaled back their prediction for the Atlantic and are now calling for an average season with 12 named storms, including six hurricanes, two of them major. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/hurricane_forecast_revised1/25143/ Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:01:45 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/judge_oks_katrina_lawsuit_against_army_corps_of_engineers/24652/Mar-20-2009_11-14-am/
The lawsuit, which blames the Army Corps of Engineers for heavy flooding in New Orleans, is being watched by thousands of others with pending flood claims. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/judge_oks_katrina_lawsuit_against_army_corps_of_engineers/24652/ Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:11:07 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/unidentified_hurricne_katrina_victim_finally_has_a_name/24621/Mar-19-2009_11-00-am/
20-year-old Frank Jones was found two days after Hurricane Katrina's landfall in 2005 in a canal behind Garden Park Medical Center in Gulfport. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/unidentified_hurricne_katrina_victim_finally_has_a_name/24621/ Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:56:58 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/credit_crunch_could_hurt_hurricane_cat_fund/24295/Mar-10-2009_2-35-pm/
The problem lies with the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, commonly called the "cat fund." It is having a hard time lining up financing ... ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/credit_crunch_could_hurt_hurricane_cat_fund/24295/ Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:32:02 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/hurricane_damaged_road_re-opens/24188/Mar-06-2009_6-35-pm/
One of the last reminders of how damaging hurricanes can be has finally been repaired and is now open to the public. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/hurricane_damaged_road_re-opens/24188/ Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:42:43 +0000 30.36813582872057 -86.93824768066406 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/review_of_gulf_coast_hurricane_recovery_ordered/23918/Feb-24-2009_10-51-am/
New Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is ordering FEMA to look at ways to improve hurricane recovery operations. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/review_of_gulf_coast_hurricane_recovery_ordered/23918/ Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:50:04 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/baldwin_county_defends_ivan_cleanup_efforts/23864/Feb-22-2009_1-03-pm/
Audit report by the government claims Baldwin County received $10.5 million more in reimbusements that it should have following Hurricane Ivan. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/baldwin_county_defends_ivan_cleanup_efforts/23864/ Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:57:30 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/fema_assistance_extended/23837/Feb-20-2009_2-43-pm/
FEMA extends rental assistance to over 31,000 families affected by the 2005 storms ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/fema_assistance_extended/23837/ Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:39:05 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/bush_defends_hurricane_katrina_response/22556/Jan-12-2009_10-51-am/
During his last formal news conference, Bush said "Don't tell me the federal response was slow when there was 30,000 people pulled off roofs." ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/bush_defends_hurricane_katrina_response/22556/ Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:40:02 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/record_2008_atlantic_hurricanes/21960/Dec-29-2008_7-13-pm/
2008 was a record breaking season for Atlantic hurricanes. Watch video of the entire season on satellite. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/record_2008_atlantic_hurricanes/21960/ Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:43:23 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/big_victory_for_florida_homeowners/21861/Dec-12-2008_3-42-pm/
A Florida judge has rejected a 47% rate increase request by State Farm Insurance, the state's largest private property insurer. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/big_victory_for_florida_homeowners/21861/ Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:42:42 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/no_new_berm_for_dauphin_island/21560/Dec-04-2008_10-36-am/
FEMA says they won't fund the rebuilding of a protective berm along the west end of Dauphin Island after it was destroyed by Hurricane Gustav. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/no_new_berm_for_dauphin_island/21560/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:17:19 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/atlantic_hurricane_season_blows_away_records1/21382/Nov-28-2008_3-47-pm/
The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, which ends Sunday, seemed to strike the United States and Cuba as if on redial.. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/atlantic_hurricane_season_blows_away_records1/21382/ Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:44:55 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/new_hurricane_evacuation_route_set_to_open/20823/Nov-11-2008_2-48-pm/
A long-awaited hurricane evacuation route that links the Florida Panhandle with Interstate 65 in Alabama through Flomaton will open tomorrow. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/new_hurricane_evacuation_route_set_to_open/20823/ Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:46:33 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/hurricane_ike_takes_environmental_toll/19707/Oct-05-2008_10-58-am/
More than 3,000 pollution reports on the upper texas coast alone ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/hurricane_ike_takes_environmental_toll/19707/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:58:37 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/hurricane_ike_yields_fossil_in_yard/19666/Oct-03-2008_12-40-am/
A paleontologist whose beachfront home in Texas was destroyed during Hurricane Ike has found a football-size tooth in the debris. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/hurricane_ike_yields_fossil_in_yard/19666/ Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:38:36 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/300_people_still_missing_since_ike_hit_texas/19636/Oct-02-2008_10-55-am/
Alligators loom over submerged cars. Mountains of debris are embedded in the ground. Cows, trucks and the remnants of homes are sunk into the ocean. And unverified sightings of missing loved ones are still making the rounds. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/300_people_still_missing_since_ike_hit_texas/19636/ Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:44:16 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/united_way_hurricane_help/19573/Oct-01-2008_12-44-am/
Hurricane survivors of Ike and Gustav need your help ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/united_way_hurricane_help/19573/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:43:47 +0000 30.472348632640834 -87.21084594726562 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/ft_morgan_shipwreck_disappearing/19539/Sep-29-2008_4-37-pm/
It's been making appearances on the beach near Fort Morgan since Hurricane Camille blew through in 1969. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/ft_morgan_shipwreck_disappearing/19539/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:26:54 +0000 30.227924832173187 -87.98812866210937 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/new_hurricane_tracking_tool_for_meteorologists/19497/Sep-26-2008_10-05-pm/
Balloons may help hurricane trackers predict better storm paths, but they are not your average party kind. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/new_hurricane_tracking_tool_for_meteorologists/19497/ Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:55:55 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/aid_available_for_mississippi_counties_with_gustav_damage/19495/Sep-26-2008_10-07-pm/
Individual disaster assistance now available. That means people can get counseling, housing assistance, and low-interest loans. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/aid_available_for_mississippi_counties_with_gustav_damage/19495/ Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:46:30 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/bush_approves_hurricane_ike_relief_for_mobile_baldwin/19476/Sep-26-2008_4-12-pm/
President Bush has approved federal disaster aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts from Hurricane Ike in Mobile and Baldwin counties. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/bush_approves_hurricane_ike_relief_for_mobile_baldwin/19476/ Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:06:58 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/tyson_helping_feed_hurricane_victims/19181/Sep-25-2008_3-35-pm/
Tyson Foods has sent 26 truckloads of chicken and pork to Gulf Coast food pantries affected by Hurricane Ike. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/tyson_helping_feed_hurricane_victims/19181/ Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:35:14 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/no_help_for_ms_homeowners_hit_by_hurricane_gustav/19107/Sep-25-2008_1-00-pm/
Gov. Barbour's request for individual assistance to rebuild or repair homes received no response from FEMA. Senator Roger Wicker says he's extremely disappointed in the agency's lack of response. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/no_help_for_ms_homeowners_hit_by_hurricane_gustav/19107/ Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:00:12 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/some_katrina_survivors_question_bailout_plan/19011/Sep-24-2008_8-30-pm/
Reaction comes after word south Mobile County is not getting more relief money. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/some_katrina_survivors_question_bailout_plan/19011/ Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:20:24 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/4_million_grant_for_special_needs_storm_shelter/18601/Sep-23-2008_5-37-pm/
FEMA giving the Association for Retarded Citizens of Baldwin County money to build a shelter that will hold 370 special-needs hurricane evacuees. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/4_million_grant_for_special_needs_storm_shelter/18601/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:27:36 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/hurricane_help_headed_for_mississippi/18285/Sep-22-2008_5-32-pm/
President Bush declares a disaster in 20 Mississippi counties. State will will receive money for rebuilding public buildings, roadways and the removal of debris from Hurricane Gustav. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/hurricane_help_headed_for_mississippi/18285/ Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:32:31 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/beach_community_bouncing_back/18241/Sep-21-2008_10-36-pm/
After taking a hit this Hurricane season Pleasure Island is getting back up on its feet. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/beach_community_bouncing_back/18241/ Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:23:58 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/big_clean_up_for_dauphin_island/18235/Sep-21-2008_1-39-pm/
No fun in the sun on Dauphin Island, hurricane cleanup is still a big priority. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/big_clean_up_for_dauphin_island/18235/ Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:07:56 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/hurricane_ike_uncovers_mystery_ship/18223/Sep-20-2008_3-11-pm/
When the waves from Hurricane Ike receded, they left behind a mystery: a ragged shipwreck that archeologists say could be a two-masted Civil War schooner. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/hurricane_ike_uncovers_mystery_ship/18223/ Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:39:26 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/relief_from_mobile_to_help_ike_victims/18214/Sep-19-2008_8-23-pm/
Mobile group called "Eye Of The Storm Relief" loads a truck heading to Texas Saturday ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/relief_from_mobile_to_help_ike_victims/18214/ Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:47:31 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/how_to_help_ike_survivors/18127/Sep-17-2008_8-12-pm/
Non-profit group in Mobile steps forward to help. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/how_to_help_ike_survivors/18127/ Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:41:00 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/ike_relief_local_woman_helps/18117/Sep-17-2008_4-41-pm/
Hundreds of miles away from the Texas coast, a Gulf Shores woman is watching the aftermath of Hurricane Ike with special interest and concern. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/ike_relief_local_woman_helps/18117/ Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:40:08 +0000 29.565991899022854 -94.39659118652344 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/price_gouging_complaints_subpoenas/18054/Sep-16-2008_10-47-am/
Florida's AG's Office has received more than 4,000 complaints about gas price gouging. 1,500 will be reviewed by the Economic Crimes Division, including a handful from the Panhandle. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/price_gouging_complaints_subpoenas/18054/ Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:47:29 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/dozens_of_ike_survivors_found_on_barrier_island/18034/Sep-15-2008_5-12-pm/
BREAKING NEWS: Rescuers say they've found 60 survivors on an isolated barrier island devastated by Hurricane Ike. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/dozens_of_ike_survivors_found_on_barrier_island/18034/ Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:10:59 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/cleanup_begins/17996/Sep-14-2008_12-38-pm/
Galveston Island is littered with boats in the wake of Hurricane Ike ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/cleanup_begins/17996/ Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:30:12 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/ike_pummels_houston/17983/Sep-13-2008_11-32-am/
Click here to see what it was like when Hurricane Ike hit Houston ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/ike_pummels_houston/17983/ Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:20:59 +0000 29.7596087873038 -95.36407470703125 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/ike_floods_houston_galveston/17982/Sep-13-2008_11-32-am/
Click here to see the damage caused by Ike ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/ike_floods_houston_galveston/17982/ Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:20:26 +0000 29.757224408272662 -95.36407470703125 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/hurricane_frederic_archive_video/17976/Sep-12-2009_5-44-pm/
WKRG Archive News Footage of 1979 Hurricane Frederic Before and After the Storms Landfall in South Alabama ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/hurricane_frederic_archive_video/17976/ Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:01:52 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/price_gouging_law_outdated/17971/Sep-12-2008_5-30-pm/
Mobile County's District Attorney wants Alabama's price gouging law changed. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/price_gouging_law_outdated/17971/ Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:29:57 +0000 30.68870689937537 -88.0499267578125 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/hurricane_hunters_in_ike/17939/Sep-11-2008_9-57-pm/
Alan Sealls put his eyes in the eye of Ike with the Hurricane Hunters ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/hurricane_hunters_in_ike/17939/ Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:54:00 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/dauphin_island_feels_ikes_impact/17936/Sep-11-2008_6-45-pm/
Dauphin Island was closed for nearly 8 hours Thursday because of coastal flooding and strong wind gusts associated with Hurricane Ike. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/dauphin_island_feels_ikes_impact/17936/ Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:45:47 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/flooding_were_used_to_it/17926/Sep-11-2008_4-15-pm/
Some of the people in Bayou La Batre woke up to their yards and streets underwater but not many of them are worried about getting a little soggy. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/flooding_were_used_to_it/17926/ Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:12:08 +0000 30.414334780625395 -88.25592041015625 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/fort_morgan_flooding/17919/Sep-11-2008_3-48-pm/
Hurricane Ike leaves flooded calling card on Fort Morgan. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/fort_morgan_flooding/17919/ Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:13:24 +0000 30.232930521633445 -87.96409606933594 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/audit_fema_wasted_millions_on_no_bid_contracts/17879/Sep-11-2008_10-01-am/
There's continuing evidence that the multibillion-dollar Katrina hurricane recovery effort has been badly mismanaged. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/audit_fema_wasted_millions_on_no_bid_contracts/17879/ Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:40:30 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/erosion_threatens_dolive_creek_culvert/17837/Sep-10-2008_8-49-pm/
Serious erosion problems are threatening the D'Olive Creek culvert that runs underneath Interstate 10. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/erosion_threatens_dolive_creek_culvert/17837/ Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:49:47 +0000 30.65681556429287 -87.90023803710937 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/barbour_asks_for_federal_aid/17834/Sep-10-2008_5-01-pm/
Gov. Haley Barbour asks White House to help 23 MS counties affected by Hurricane Gustav. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/barbour_asks_for_federal_aid/17834/ Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:28:26 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/study_looks_at_stress_after_katrina/17820/Sep-10-2008_1-46-pm/
One in five Gulf Coast residents experienced post-traumatic stress disorder after Hurricane Katrina. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/study_looks_at_stress_after_katrina/17820/ Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:46:28 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/colorful_visitors_on_gulf_coast/17778/Sep-09-2008_1-57-pm/
Some pink feathered friends found their way to the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Gustav. WATCH FLAMINGOS IN ACTION ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/colorful_visitors_on_gulf_coast/17778/ Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:41:55 +0000