HURRICANE

Hurricane Jova is set to hit the Mexican resort town of Barra de Navidad by Tuesday morning.

Two worsening tropical storms threaten to hit Mexico's Pacific coast early next week, while a category one hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean is expected to fizzle out before it hits the east coast.

Tropical Storm Ophelia (formerly Hurricane Ophelia) hit Newfoundland, Canada on Monday, causing some evacuations in the small town of Belleoram.

Hurricane Ophelia became a major hurricane on Friday as it tracked on a projected path just east of Bermuda on its way toward Newfoundland.

Hurricane Ophelia (formerly Tropical Storm Ophelia) is the latest hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic season. On its projected path, the storm may make landfall in Newfoundland, Canada.

Tropical Storm Ophelia is expected to become a hurricane late Friday as it heads on its projected path toward Bermuda an on to Newfoundland, Canada.

The security camera videos, recorded from three different camera angles, show the panicking tourists as the pieces of the monument were coming down from the top of the structure.

With less than six days until a possible U.S. Government shutdown, considerable differences remain between Democratic and Republican proposals to fund disaster relief. The GOP wants any Hurricane Irene disaster relief funds to be offset by cuts to other programs. Democrats say doing so would hold disaster victims hostage to partisan politics.

Hurricane Hilary 2011 will likely weaken next week from its current Category 3 strength, but the storm may turn into central or northern California before it's done, ultimately bringing needed rain to the Southwest, including Texas.

Typhoon Roke is currently pounding central Japan, causing massive blackouts, flooding and at least three deaths.

Hurricane Irene destroyed many pumpkin patches when it crippled the Northeastern states leading to a pumpkin shortage that could possibly double prices for Halloween.

Operations at oil rigs off Canada's Atlantic Coast are unlikely to be hurt by Hurricane Maria, which may tear down trees and cut power in the southeastern tip of Newfoundland later on Friday, officials said.

Hurricane Maria, the third hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic Hurricane Season, is set to bring heavy rains and wind to Newfoundland Friday afternoon.

Hurricane Maria is on path to make a direct strike to southeastern Newfoundland with maximum sustained winds of 80mph.

Hurricane Irene may not have been as damaging as first feared, with a total tab that could reach $2.8 billion, catastrophe analysis firm Eqecat reported.

Good news for Fall Foliage 2011 hopefuls: areas in the northeast pounded by Hurricane Irene and flooding from Tropical Storm Lee won't find the leaves ruined this year, according to an expert. Foliage hot spots including Vermont and Maine that were impacted by Irene as a tropical storm are getting ready to open for business, and reports are that foliage will be intact and most roads will be open.

The U.K. and parts of Northwest Europe will the impact Hurricane Katia 2011 by the beginning of next week, forecasters say. But the storm will no longer be a hurricane. Yet, Katia's path will move across the North Atlantic Ocean on Saturday, before impacting Britain as a strong low pressure system beginning Sunday night, sweeping severe gales across parts of the UK.

Flash flooding along the northeast of the United States killed five people this week and U.S. President Barack Obama has declared a state of emergency in New York State, as historic flooding swelled rivers to record levels.

The remnants of Hurricane Katia will impact Britain as a strong low pressure system on Sunday night, sweeping severe gales across parts of the UK, forecasters say.

A Broome County state of emergency still remains in effect and all university classes have been canceled for Friday.

Persistent heavy rains from the aftermath of Tropical Storm Lee has left 25,000 customers in New York without power, according to information release from the governor's office.