Ida has been downgraded to a tropical storm as heavy rainfall continues over much of northern and eastern Nicaragua. Its maximum sustained winds have decreased to 65 mph.
Spokesman Dennis Feltgren says some people have had trouble finding the information they need in the advisories, especially when a storm is close to making landfall.
Four years ago today, a Category 3 hurricane hit the Gulf Coast and, following a catastrophic levee failure, flooded about 80 percent of New Orleans.
The rafts were missing from Busch Gardens' Congo River Rapids ride Thursday as 40 rescuers leapt into the rushing waters to practice pulling flood victims to safety.
On August 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew smashed into Florida, causing $30 billion in damage.
Tropical Depression #2 has decayed into a remnant low pressure area.
One of two police officers who confronted the alleged Fort Hood killer says he shot the man before kicking his weapon away, cuffing him and thus ending the nation's worst killing spree on a military base.
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A Minnesota teen who fled the state to avoid chemotherapy has finished his cancer treatment.