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Tropical Storms are hitting the headlines this month as the Atlanctic Hurricane season kicks in. You can find out more about tropical storms on our sister site Internet Geography.
14th September 2008
Hurricane Ike smashes its way across Texas coast and towns
Hurricane Ike roared ashore in Texas yesterday, scoring a direct hit on the town of Galveston and bringing widespread chaos and disruption to millions in Houston.
Guardian Unlimited
In pictures: The aftermath of Hurricane Ike
Hurricane Ike, which left a trail of death and destruction in the Caribbean, hit the Texas coast at Galveston on Saturday September 13 as a category 2 storm
Guardian Unlimited
Fuel shortage fear after US storm
Oil refineries in Texas put out of action by Hurricane Ike could take eight to nine days to recover, US Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison has said.
BBC News
Ike high winds hit Houston
Hurricane Ike has caused flooding and damage in Houston as winds and heavy rain pound the city.
BBC News (includes video)
Buildings damaged in Galveston
Video showing the impact of Hurricane Ike
BBC News (includes video)
In Pictures: Hurricane Ike
BBC News
13th September 2008
Hurricane Ike menaces America's Gulf coast
· Coastal residents who stay face 'certain death'
· Storm could cause devastating flooding
· Bush express his fears for Texans
Guardian Unlimited
Eye witnesses: Bracing for Ike
Hurricane Ike, a powerful and unusually big storm, is bearing down on Texas, threatening a huge storm surge that could flood many low-lying coastal areas of the US state.
BBC News website readers in Texas tell us about their fears - and hopes - as they prepare for Ike to make landfall.
BBC News
Hurricane Ike batters Texan Coast
Hurricane Ike, the second tropical cyclone to hit the southern US in 10 days, battered the Texan coast today.
Gaurdian Unlimited
'Catastrophic' storm hits Texas
Hurricane Ike has made landfall on the Gulf coast of Texas, where it is expected to cause "potentially catastrophic" flooding and damage.
BBC News (includes video)
One million homeless in Haiti
Haiti's Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis has said that a series of storms may have left as many as one million Haitians without a home.
BBC News
12th September 2008
On the trail of Hurricane Ike: from Haiti to Texas
Includes fantastic satellite images.
Guardian Unlimited
Hurricane Ike threatens 'massive flooding' on Texan Coast
Residents in parts of Texas told to evacuate or face 'certain death' from oncoming storm.
Guardian Unlimited
'Certain death' warning over Ike
Residents in one area of the Texas coastline have been warned they must evacuate before the arrival of Hurricane Ike or "face certain death".
BBC News (includes video)
11th September 2008
Paradise flattened in storm's wake
The BBC's Andy Gallacher is the first British journalist to reach the Turks and Caicos Islands which were battered by Hurricane Ike last weekend. Here he describes what he saw.
BBC News
9th September 2008
In Pictures: Hurricane Ike
Hurricane Ike made its second landfall in Cuba, south of the capital, Havana, bringing fierce winds and torrential rains, before heading back out to sea.
BBC News
Hurricane Ike blows past Havana
Hurricane Ike rattled Havana after its second landfall in Cuba but the eye of the storm has now passed out to sea, Cuban hurricane monitors say.
BBC News (includes video)
Hurricane Ike closes in on Havana
Hurricane Ike has powered ashore south of Cuba's capital, Havana, bringing with it fierce winds and heavy rain.
BBC News (includes video)
8th September 2008
Cuba hammered by Hurricane Ike
Hurricane Ike battered northern Cuba overnight with giant waves and torrential rain, but has weakenend slightly as it moves over land.
BBC News (includes video)
7th September 2008
Hurricane Ike hampers relief effort in Haiti
Experts warn that Ike is "an extremely dangerous hurricane" as it batters the Caribbean with winds of over 135 mph.
Guardian Unlimited
Hurricane Ike lashes the Carribean and threatens to cause more flooding in Haiti
It was upgraded to a category four, with winds of up to 135mph as it swept across the Turks and Caicos.
The Telegraph
The Bahamas prepare for Hurricane Ike
Caribbean nations are bracing for another major storm, Hurricane Ike.
Bahamas Prime Minister, Hubert Ingraham, told the BBC how the country was preparing for the extreme weather.
BBC News
Carribean lashed by Hurricane Ike
The Caribbean islands of Turks and Caicos are being hammered by Hurricane Ike, the fourth major storm to sweep the region in the past three weeks.
BBC News Video
6th September 2008
'Hundreds' killed by Haiti storm
Almost 500 bodies have been found in the port city of Gonaives, Haiti, after floodwaters caused by recent storms receded, according to reports.
BBC News - Includes video
New Hurricane menaces Carribean
Carribean nations are bracing for another major storm, Hurricane Ike, coming days after Tropical Storm Hanna passed the region.
BBC News
5th September 2008
UN Warns of Haiti flooding crisis
Several hundred thousand need help on Haiti......
BBC News (includes a video)
4th September 2008
Eyewitness: Haiti's storm ordeals
Haiti has been battered by a series of tropical storms. Hurricane Hanna caused widespread flooding over night....
BBC News
China admits quake school defects
China has admitted that there could have been construction problems with some of the schools that collapsed during the Sichuan earthquake.
BBC News
China earthquake death toll rises
The death toll in an earthquake in south-west China is now at least 32, with 467 injuries...
BBC News
2nd September 2008
Louisiana counts cost of Gustav
Hurricane Gustav has caused major damage to the US state of Louisiana...
BBC News
1st September 2008
Hurricane Gustav
Menu of articles on Hurricane Gustav on Guardian Unlimited
Guardian Unlimited
Hurricane Gustav is downgraded
Hurricane Gustav downgraded to category 1 storm.
Sky News
Hurricane Gustav batters US towns
Hurricane Gustav is advancing inland from the US Gulf coast, bringing with it torrential rain and severe winds.
BBC News
In Pictures: Hurricane hits US
Images showing the impact of Hurricane Gustav
BBC News
Tracking Gustav on the net
As Hurricane Gustav approaches New Orleans, the internet is providing detailed information, personal accounts and lively discussions about all aspects of the storm.
BBC News
Extreme and risky action the only way to tackle global warming
Political inaction on global warming has become so dire that nations must now consider extreme technical solutions - such as blocking out the sun - to address catastrophic temperature rises, scientists from around the world warn today.
Guardian Unlimited
Global Warming: Sea Level rises may accelerate due to melting ice sheet
By the end of the century sea levels may be rising three times as fast as they are at present, as a result of rapid melting of the Greenland ice sheet.
Guardian Unlimited
Brazil: Deforestation rises sharply as farmers push into Amazon
Concerns over the destruction of the Brazilian rainforest resurfaced at the weekend after it emerged that deforestation jumped by 64% over the last 12 months, according to official government data.
Guardian Unlimited