Hurricane Earl lashed the North Carolina coast last night and this morning, September 3, and is now headed for Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

By Carol Gentry, Tampa Tribune, Fla. Jun. 13--TAMPA -- Tampa General Hospital will have a bit more protection to stand up to the Big Blow when it comes.

U.S. scientists have issued a detailed report on 2004's Hurricane Ivan -- one of four strong hurricanes to hit Florida within one month that year. University of South Florida researchers examined Ivan's impact and short-term recovery along a 125-mile stretch of coast from Fort Walton Beach to St.

By Bob Fliss, The Sun, Port Charlotte, Fla. Oct. 24--Sometimes, a natural disaster creates an opportunity to build something better than what you lost.

By Nicholas Spangler, The Miami Herald Sep. 19--FEMA CITY -- In 2004, after the first of the hurricanes ripped through, the federal government built this place on wasteland out by the Charlotte County jail. It was 551 big, ugly white trailers in tight rows with straight, white gravel roads.