Climate and Atmospheric Circulation

AFP - Hurricane Earl churned toward the south-eastern Caribbean Sunday after reaching Category One status, as Hurricane Danielle headed for the cold waters of the north Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center said.

AP - President Barack Obama has wrapped up his vacation on Martha's Vineyard and is heading for New Orleans to mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

AFP - Tropical Storm Earl on the eastern fringe of the Caribbean strengthened to a Category One hurricane status, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said Sunday.

AP - The night sky heaved like a living thing as Fire Chief Joe Perez took another slow cruise in the rescue truck down the two-lane road snaking across this town in the last patch of marsh standing between New Orleans and an angry Gulf of Mexico.

Reuters - Tropical Storm Earl looked poised on Saturday to become the next hurricane to form over the Atlantic Ocean and was aimed at the Northern Leeward Islands, while Hurricane Danielle weakened to a Category 2 storm.

AFP - Tropical Storm Earl barreled towards the eastern fringe of the Caribbean Saturday, threatening to gain hurricane status, as Hurricane Danielle weakened far from land in the Atlantic.

Reuters - Hurricane Danielle weakened to a Category 2 storm on Saturday and was set to pass east of Bermuda by the end of the day, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.