World & Nation
Mexico: Tropical storm loses punch above Yucatan after causing evacuations along coast. Winds are likely to increase over water.
Aug. 22, 2001
Weather: Two fishermen are missing off country’s southeastern coast. Heaviest rains and strongest winds are expected to arrive later.
Aug. 21, 2001
The Caribbean’s first tropical storm of the year lost steam Thursday night, but fishermen continued to pull their boats ashore and banana farmers prayed for the pelting rains to move away from their crops.
Aug. 17, 2001
Hurricane Chantal roared ashore on the upper Texas Gulf Coast with 80-m.p.h. winds and driving rain, killing one person and leaving scattered power outages and flooding, but quickly lost its punch after hitting land.
Aug. 2, 1989
Hurricane Chantal, the first of the season, aimed for the Texas and Louisiana coasts Monday, a day in which the storm’s winds capsized an oil drilling work vessel and trapped as many as 10 crew members inside.
Aug. 1, 1989
The Caribbean’s first tropical storm of the year strengthened and pushed toward Jamaica on Friday after drenching islanders and leaving two dead in Trinidad.
Aug. 18, 2001
Tropical Storm Chantal weakened a bit Monday as it moved north in the Atlantic Ocean on a course keeping it well clear of the United States and Bermuda.
July 18, 1995
Chantal, the Atlantic season’s first hurricane, lashed the Gulf Coast today with heavy rain and wind up to 80 m.p.h., forcing thousands to flee inland and frustrating the search for 10 men from a capsized oil rig.
Hurricane Chantal roared ashore Tuesday on the upper Texas Gulf Coast with 80 m.p.h. winds and driving rain, killing one person and leaving scattered power outages and flooding but apparently causing little serious damage.
Where are the hurricanes?
Sept. 6, 2001