Reuters - Hurricane Lane barreled into Mexico's Sea of Cortez on Saturday, threatening to lash a popular tourist resort with high winds and heavy rain after killing a small boy in a rockslide in Acapulco.

AFP - A year after Katrina devastated much of New Orleans, scores of scientists have converged on West Africa to try to crack a mystery about hurricanes by studying the warm seas where many are born.

AP - Most of the increase in ocean temperature that feeds more intense hurricanes is a result of human-induced global warming, says a study that one researcher says "closes the loop" between climate change and powerful storms like Katrina.

Reuters - Hurricane Florence bashed Bermuda on Monday with pounding surf and powerful winds that knocked out power to about 25,000 homes and businesses on the mid-Atlantic British island.

AP - Florence intensified into the second hurricane of the Atlantic season Sunday as it neared Bermuda, where residents stocked up on provisions and formed long lines at gas stations in the lashing rain.

AP - Florence intensified into the second hurricane of the Atlantic season Sunday as it headed for Bermuda, where residents installed storm shutters and hauled their yachts onto beaches.

AP - Elizabeth Brothers is 17 and looking for her dream college. Her search took her to devastated New Orleans. To college recruiters, the aspiring military officer from Midlothian, Va., was a welcome sight. Without a steady flow of students coming to poke around, New Orleans' long academic tradition could dim to a memory. Some of the city's premier colleges rely largely on tuition from out-of-state students.

AP - The rapidly dissipating remnants of Hurricane John brought heavy showers to the deserts of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States Monday.

AP - The family of a woman who died slumped in her wheelchair outside one of the city's crowded hurricane shelters gathered Saturday to celebrate her life, and publicly vow to vindicate her death.