International Business News - Weather http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas on Wednesday, lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph and dumping heavy rain that flooded some low-lying areas but spared levees along the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/96824-tropical-weather-hurricane-dolly.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/dolly-downgraded-to-tropical-storm-in-south-texas.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/dolly-downgraded-to-tropical-storm-in-south-texas.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:08:49 EDT Hurricane Dolly toppled trees and sent billboards flying Wednesday in the Mexican city of Matamoros, and authorities south of the U.S. border warned of possible flooding. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/96772-mexico-hurricane-dolly.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/dolly-hammers-northern-mexico.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/dolly-hammers-northern-mexico.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:08:28 EDT Forecasters say Dolly has weakened to a tropical storm. At 11 p.m. EDT Wednesday, the center of the storm was about 55 miles northwest of Brownsville, Texas. The storm is moving west near 7 miles per hour. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/dolly-downgraded-to-tropical-storm-in-south-texas.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:49:56 EDT Hurricane Dolly, which made landfall near South Padre Island in Texas on Wednesday, had interrupted a small amount of oil and natural gas production, mostly in the western Gulf of Mexico. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/some-oil-gas-production-shut-in-by-dolly.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:08:43 EDT Hurricane Dolly toppled trees and sent billboards flying in the Mexican city of Matamoros on Wednesday, and authorities south of the U.S. border warned of possible flooding. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/96708-mexico-hurricane-dolly.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/mexican-soldiers-help-as-hurricane-hits.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/mexican-soldiers-help-as-hurricane-hits.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:44:29 EDT Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has declared a state of emergency in the county hit by a storm with winds of up to 110 mph. The storm in Perry County in east-central Ohio damaged buildings and uprooted trees and power lines early Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/ohio-county-cleans-up-damage-from-110-mph-wind.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:17:34 EDT Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas on Wednesday, lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph and dumping heavy rain that flooded some low-lying areas but spared levees along the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/96311-tropical-weather-2.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/dolly-now-hurricane-set-hit-texas-coast.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/dolly-now-hurricane-set-hit-texas-coast.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:21:21 EDT With Tropical Storm Dolly moving toward the lower Texas coast, petroleum companies were evacuating production platforms and drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/some-offshore-oil-staff-evacuated-as-dolly-nears.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:58:14 EDT Dolly spun into a hurricane Tuesday, heading toward the U.S.-Mexico border and the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley, where officials feared heavy rains could cause massive flooding and levee breaks. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/95598-tropical-weather.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/texas-mexico-prepare-for-tropical-storm-dolly.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/texas-mexico-prepare-for-tropical-storm-dolly.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:41:01 EDT The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Genevieve has formed off Mexico's Pacific coast. Forecasters say the storm is not expected to threaten land. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/pacific-tropical-storm-genevieve-forms.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:13:17 EDT Thunderstorms battered Iowa with winds as high as 100 mph early Monday, knocking down trees and power lines and blacking out more than 200,000 homes and businesses across much of the state. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/storm-hits-iowa-with-100-mph-wind-causes-blackout.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:47:45 EDT Residents along the Texas-Mexico border kept a watchful eye on Tropical Storm Dolly on Monday, stocking up on plywood, generators and flashlights as forecasters predicted the storm would strengthen into a hurricane later this week and make landfall. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/95247-noaa-caribbean.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/tropical-storm-dolly-bears-down-on-cancun.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/tropical-storm-dolly-bears-down-on-cancun.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:04:40 EDT Tropical Storm Cristobal headed for the open Atlantic late Sunday as forecasters discontinued tropical storm warnings along the Carolinas. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Dolly drenched Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and was expected to reach the Gulf of Mexico Monday afternoon. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/tropical-storm-cristobal-heads-toward-ocean.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:07:10 EDT Tropical Storm Dolly has formed in the western Caribbean sea. The National Hurricane center has issued a tropical storm warning for the Yucatan peninsula from the Border of Campeche, Mexico. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080720/tropical-storm-dolly-forms-in-western-caribbean.htm Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:02:20 EDT Tropical Storm Cristobal headed for the open Atlantic late Sunday as forecasters discontinued tropical storm warnings along the Carolinas. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Dolly drenched Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and was expected to reach the Gulf of Mexico Monday afternoon. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080720/tropical-storm-cristobal-rumbles-off-the-carolinas.htm Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:21:36 EDT Tropical Storm Cristobal churned off the Southeast seaboard after it formed Saturday, the first storm to threaten the U.S. this hurricane season, forecasters said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/94187-tropical-weather-2.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080719/tropical-storm-cristobal-forms-off-southeast-coast.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080719/tropical-storm-cristobal-forms-off-southeast-coast.htm Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:33:16 EDT Hurricane Bertha, the longest-lived July tropical storm in history, has been downgraded to a tropical storm. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said late Saturday that Bertha had weakened and was expected to be absorbed by a larger weather system within the next few days. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/94221-tropical-weather-2.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080719/tropical-storm-could-develop-off-southeast-coast.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080719/tropical-storm-could-develop-off-southeast-coast.htm Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:37:02 EDT Tropical Storm Fausto became a hurricane Friday far off Mexico's Pacific coast, while Bertha strengthened back into a hurricane in the open Atlantic. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said neither storm is expected to threaten land. Tropical Storm Elida, far off Mexico's Pacific Coast, was also expected to stay in the open sea. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/93912-tropical-weather.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080719/fausto-bertha-become-hurricanes.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080719/fausto-bertha-become-hurricanes.htm Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:43:09 EDT Forecasters say Bertha has strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane in the open Atlantic, but poses no threat to land. Bertha battered Bermuda earlier this week, knocking out electricity to thousands on the Atlantic tourist island. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/bertha-strengthens-back-to-hurricane.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:51:44 EDT Tropical Storm Fausto has neared hurricane strength early Friday in the Pacific, while Elida lost its hurricane status. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Fausto's maximum sustained winds are near 70 mph and the storm could become a hurricane later in the day. Fausto's center is about 425 miles south-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/93454-tropical-weather.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/elida-weakens-to-tropical-storm.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/elida-weakens-to-tropical-storm.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:47:39 EDT