Residents in Florida should be keeping a close eye on Tropical Storm Irene, as it could strengthen into a hurricane and possible hit the state on Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center, which also said the storm's path is uncertain.
Laura Matthews
Aug 21, 2011
Tropical Storm Irene barreled across the Caribbean toward Puerto Rico on Sunday on a course that could take it to Florida.
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Aug 21, 2011
The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for portions of central and western Massachusetts as well as northern Connecticut and southern New Hampshire. The warning will be in effect from nine p.m. Sunday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 21, 2011
A hurricane warning for Tropical Storm Irene was issued for the southern coast of the Dominican Republic as well as Puerto Rico, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 21, 2011
A hurricane warning for Tropical Storm Irene was issued for the southern coast of the Dominican Republic as well as Puerto Rico, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 21, 2011
Tropical Storm Irene formed east of the Leeward Islands on Saturday and was expected to become a hurricane in the next two days heading on a northwestward track through the Caribbean that may threaten Florida.
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Aug 21, 2011
A torrential rainstorm forced Pope Benedict to abandon a speech to hundreds of thousands of young people gathered at an aerodrome outside Madrid on Saturday.
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Aug 21, 2011
A freak flash flood caused by heavy rainfall in Pittsburgh, killed at least four people.The body of the possible fourth victim has been found, authorities said on Saturday. The heavy deluge overwhelmed the city's sewer system during rush hour, submerging dozens of vehicles along a street near the Allegheny River.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 20, 2011
Tropical Storm Irene, which is the ninth storm for the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, formed on Saturday east of the Caribbean's Leeward Islands.
Laura Matthews
Aug 20, 2011
Verizon and two striking unions agreed to talk after a two-week strike. Here's why.
David Zielenziger
Aug 20, 2011
By listening and monitoring sound waves around 37,000 miles above the surface of the sun, it is now possible to predict the appearance of sunspots almost 2 days before hand.
Monami Thakur
Aug 20, 2011
The latest haboob to take over Phoenix downed power lines and halted public transportation. Dust sure loves that city.
Daniel Tovrov
Aug 19, 2011
Researchers have seen for the first time the inner workings of coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, from its leaving the surface of the sun to its engulfing the Earth.
Laura Matthews
Aug 19, 2011
Two weeks on, why not end the Verizon strike with a federal mediator?
David Zielenziger
Aug 19, 2011
Answers in Genesis, the Christian ministry behind the Creation Museum, is set to build a new theme park called The Ark Encounter, that will feature a life-sized wooden Noah's Ark replica.
Mark Johanson
Aug 19, 2011
Festival-goers are heading home after Thursday's tragic accident.
Peggy Truong
Aug 19, 2011
More than 70 others were also injured in the music festival disaster in Belgium.
Peggy Truong
Aug 19, 2011
New data processing techniques, coupled with a pair NASA spacecraft has allowed scientists to see the awesome power of the sun in dramatic detail as it recorded a massive solar storm engulfing Earth.
Johnathan Davis
Aug 19, 2011
A billowing wall of dust engulfed downtown Phoenix on Thursday, cutting visibility to a few hundred yards and delaying flights at the international airport.
Joseph Lazzaro
Aug 19, 2011
Ravaging storms struck the Pukkelpop Belgian music festival, killing five and injuring dozens after a stage collapsed on Thursday.
David Magee
Aug 19, 2011
Even as scientists are working on improving solar storm predictions, a NASA spacecraft with the latest data processing techniques has tracked a solar storm engulfing the planet for the first time.
Manikandan Raman
Aug 19, 2011
The death toll has risen to five at a Belgian pop festival struck by a fierce storm that knocked down screens and collapsed tents, officials said on Friday.
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Aug 19, 2011