In 1900, Isaac Cline's bold decision to issue early hurricane warnings in Galveston likely saved thousands, yet the storm claimed up to 8,000 lives.

Even as the nation was reflecting on the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, another tropical storm hit the same Southern area. Hurricane Isaac’s destruction was tempered by functioning levees, ...

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And I'm Audie Cornish. In New Orleans, Mayor Mitch Landrieu delivered this news this afternoon. MAYOR MITCH LANDRIEU: Isaac has now formed into a hurricane so we are officially in the fight and the ...

Tropical storm Isaac is now officially a hurricane, still disrupting proceedings here in Tampa and haunting Republicans with memories of the past. Rosalind Helderman reports for the Washington Post.

Tropical Storm Isaac strengthened as it dumped heavy rains on Haiti on Saturday, threatening floods and mudslides, NBC News reported. Lashing rains and high winds were reported along parts of Haiti's ...

Sidney Blumenthal, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s unofficial adviser, advised Clinton in 2012 to use an impending hurricane as a prop to make President Obama look good. And in her Aug. 27 ...

Isaac might not be in the same league as Hurricane Katrina seven years ago, but the latest storm to batter Louisiana's Gulf Coast is punching above its weight class in more ways than one, scientists ...