AP - Tropical Storm Fay meandered north along the Florida Atlantic coast Wednesday but did not immediately head out over the ocean, lessening the chances it will gain strength and become a hurricane.
AP - Tropical Storm Fay was expected to move northwest toward northern Florida or the Georgia coast Wednesday evening. Forecasters said it could intensify into a hurricane as it moves over water and were keeping a close eye on the cyclone.
AP - A river swollen by monsoon rains spilled from its banks and flooded villages in eastern Nepal on Wednesday. Initial reports said several people were missing after being swept away in the water.
AFP - Tropical Storm Fay was heading eastward toward Florida's Atlantic coast early Wednesday, with forecasters saying it will more than likely make a return trip to the waterlogged state after it finally moves offshore.
AP - Landslides killed three young brothers and an elderly woman in the northern Philippines as a powerful typhoon battered the region Wednesday, prompting authorities to cancel classes and raise storm alerts.
Reuters - Floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains left some 50,000 people homeless in India's remote northeast, officials said on Wednesday, warning of more rains in one of the country's most flood-prone regions.
The Christian Science Monitor - After crossing the Florida Keys without causing major damage, tropical storm Fay made landfall on Florida's southwest coast early Tuesday just south of Naples, with sustained winds of about 60 m.p.h. Forecasts called for 4 to 10 inches of rainfall as Fay heads north-northeast. Above, pedestrians ran across US Highway 1 in Key West, Fla., Monday as Fay moved toward the Florida mainland.
AP - President Bush says he sees "hopeful signs of progress" in New Orleans three years after Hurricane Katrina's devastation, while acknowledging the city is still struggling to recover.
AP - A powerful typhoon packing winds of 87 mph battered the northern Philippines with heavy rains Wednesday, closing schools and putting authorities on alert for flash floods and landslides.
AP - Weather around the U.S.A.
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