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• 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.
• Millions warily watch Hanna's trek toward U.S.
Authorities in Haiti said the death toll from Tropical Storm Hanna more than doubled to 61 in the impoverished Caribbean country. Flooding was responsible for most of the deaths, Haiti's Civil Protection Department said.
• 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.
• Evacuees pine to return after Hurricane Gustav
... to a tropical depression early Tuesday morning with maximum sustained winds near 35 mph, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. Eight deaths were attributed to the storm in the U.S. after it killed at least 94 people across the Caribbean.