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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 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/thousands_of_dead_nutria/17777/Sep-09-2008_3-37-pm/
What was first believed to be a couple of hundred dead nutria of the Mississippi coast has ballooned to more than 7,000 animals. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/thousands_of_dead_nutria/17777/ Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:40:44 +0000 30.306503259848835 -89.3572998046875 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/state_assisted_evacuees_can_be_tracked/17645/Sep-04-2008_10-00-am/
The state social services department has set up an online database and hot line for people to check on their family and friends who were evacuated and sheltered before Hurricane Gustav. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/state_assisted_evacuees_can_be_tracked/17645/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:57:43 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/fema_to_cover_hotel_costs/17624/Sep-03-2008_4-36-pm/
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says FEMA will pay the hotel bills of Hurricane Gustav evacuees as long as they register for assistance. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/fema_to_cover_hotel_costs/17624/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:35:00 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/no_home_to_return_to_after_gustav/17623/Sep-03-2008_4-35-pm/
As thousands of Louisiana residents nervously return home, wondering whether Hurricane Gustav left any permanent scars on their lives. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/no_home_to_return_to_after_gustav/17623/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:27:37 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/hurricane_recovery_fund/17611/Sep-03-2008_2-16-pm/
Set up by Governor Haley Barbour to provide relief for those Mississippians impacted by Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters including Hurricane Gustav. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/hurricane_recovery_fund/17611/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:13:45 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/dauphin_islands_berm_wiped_out/17592/Sep-10-2008_5-28-pm/
Dauphin Island's West End Berm was no match for Hurricane Gustav. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/dauphin_islands_berm_wiped_out/17592/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:20:22 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/consumer_alert_fake_gustav_charity_sites/17591/Sep-02-2008_4-18-pm/
A computer forensic expert from the University of Alabama says people have set up fake charities to lure people into donating to Gustav victims. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/consumer_alert_fake_gustav_charity_sites/17591/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:18:39 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/gustav_causes_up_to_10_billion_in_damage/17576/Sep-02-2008_10-40-am/
A catastrophic risk management company says private insurers could face damages from Hurricane Gustav between $4 billion and $10 billion. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/gustav_causes_up_to_10_billion_in_damage/17576/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:40:42 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/gustav_pounds_gulf_shores/17558/Sep-01-2008_8-48-pm/
Public beach wiped out by storm surge, erosion. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/gustav_pounds_gulf_shores/17558/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:29:19 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/wind_waves_pound_south_mobile_county/17554/Sep-01-2008_4-46-pm/
Heavy flooding makes clean up on Dauphin Island and in the Fowl River area difficult. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/wind_waves_pound_south_mobile_county/17554/ Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:15:47 +0000 30.36339623960374 -88.11515808105469 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/images_of_gustav/17544/Sep-01-2008_1-52-pm/
Watch the wkrg.com user slideshow from Dauphin Island, Fairhope, Pascagoula, Bayou La Batre and other areas. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/images_of_gustav/17544/ Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:07:18 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/4_dead_2_hurt_while_fleeing_gustav/17540/Sep-01-2008_9-32-am/
Four people fleeing Hurricane Gustav are dead after an early morning car crash on Interstate 20 in west Georgia. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/4_dead_2_hurt_while_fleeing_gustav/17540/ Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:29:05 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/gustav_leaves_little_impact_on_florida/17539/Sep-01-2008_9-28-am/
Florida is providing limited assistance to other Gulf Coast states as officials nervously watch the potential path of Tropical Storm Hanna churning in the Atlantic. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/gustav_leaves_little_impact_on_florida/17539/ Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:18:37 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/divorce_stalks_katrina_survivors/17410/Aug-30-2008_12-55-am/
Some Katrina families coping with more than just hurricane recovery. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/divorce_stalks_katrina_survivors/17410/ Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:15:09 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/hurricane_katrina_death_toll/17374/Mar-13-2009_4-59-pm/
Half of the victims were 75 years old and above. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/hurricane_katrina_death_toll/17374/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:15:42 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/a_tale_of_two_temperaments/17365/Aug-28-2008_2-32-pm/
Stock up on supplies or watch and wait? ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/a_tale_of_two_temperaments/17365/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:32:17 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/fay_helped_ease_drought1/17354/Aug-28-2008_9-39-am/
There was some good news from last week's tropical system. The drought gripping parts of the deep south is easing up. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/fay_helped_ease_drought1/17354/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:31:28 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/generator_dangers/17343/Aug-28-2008_1-39-pm/
Whether you plan to get a generator or dust off the old one, safety should come first when putting together your plan. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/generator_dangers/17343/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:22:11 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/tree_crushes_bay_minette_home/17305/Aug-26-2008_4-34-pm/
Tropical Storm Fay will soon be a distant memory for many of us but a Bay Minette couple has a constant reminder of her fury. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/tree_crushes_bay_minette_home/17305/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:52:43 +0000 30.881012137733634 -87.76840209960937 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/tree_crushes_century_homes/17273/Aug-25-2008_10-33-pm/
Two families in Century are living without the basics after a tree crashed into their homes. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/tree_crushes_century_homes/17273/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:38:57 +0000 30.976431669614786 -87.26165771484375