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• Storm Ike raises fears from Caribbean to Gulf
A beachcomber looks for shells Saturday as the sun peeks through the clouds in Cherry Grove, S.C., after Tropical Storm Hanna made landfall near the North-South Carolina border. RALEIGH, N.C. - Hurricane Ike grew to fierce Category 4 strength ...
• Medvedev: Russia must 'be reckoned with'
It's interesting how they would feel if we were now to send humanitarian aid using our navy to the countries of the Caribbean Sea, which recently suffered from a destructive hurricane," he added.
• FEMA to cover hotels for some Gustav evacuees
    Wilma (Oct. 2005): Caribbean, U.S.     Katrina (Aug.-Sept. 2005): U.S. NEW ORLEANS - The federal government says it will pay hotel expenses for some of the nearly 2 million people who fled their homes ahead of Hurricane Gustav, but exactly ...
• Plug in safely overseas
While Japan, most of North America, and parts of South America and the Caribbean use voltage between 100 and 125, the vast majority of the world uses 220 - 240 volts.
• New Orleans evacuees can return Thursday
Meteorologist Chris Cimino looks at the forecast for storms Hanna, Ike and Josephine, all of which appear headed to the Caribbean and/or United States.