Warm Seas Convert More Energy Into Cyclone Winds

Paris: Global warming is likely to boost the power of the strongest tropical cyclones, a study released on Wednesday says.
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As the world's oceans get warmer, the strongest tropical storms get stronger, climate scientists reported on Wednesday as the remnants of Hurricane Gustav spun out over the central United States.

"If the seas continue to warm, we can expect to see stronger storms in the future," James Elsner of Florida State University said.
"As far as this year goes, as a season, we did see the oceans warm and I think there's some reason to believe that that's the reason we're seeing the amount of activity we are."

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NEW ORLEANS: Strong winds and rain began to lash the Gulf Coast early Monday as Hurricane Gustav continued its path toward the coast of Louisiana, where the center of the storm was expected to make la

NEW ORLEANS: Hurricane Gustav sent strong winds and lashing rains into New Orleans early on Monday, but the storm lost some of its power and was expected to move ashore to the west, sparing the city its full force.

Gustav weakened to a category 2 hurricane shortly before making landfall, although it was already pounding Louisiana

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Gustav, of course, is non-political. What follows Gustav will be anything but that.

Clouds from hurricane Gustav approaching New Orleans. Gustav brings back memories of Katrina

By STACEY PLAISANCE and BECKY BOHRER
NEW ORLEANS

Sept. 1: With a historic evacuation of nearly 2 million people from the Louisiana coast complete, gun-toting police and National Guardsmen stood watch as rain started to fall on this city

By Tim Gaynor and Matthew Bigg
New Orleans

Sept. 1: Hurricane Gustav barged ashore on the US Gulf Coast west of New Orleans on Monday, hammering the city devastated by Katrina in 2005 with surging floodwaters that threatened its rebuilt levees.

The storm was weaker than feared. But waves splashed over floodwalls containing the New Orleans industrial canal, triggering a tense watch over the barrier system that failed three years ago. Water rose in the Fifth District, west of the canal, and the US Army prepared to evacuate residents who stayed behind.