About four hours before the eye of Hurricane Flora moved over Tobago, the large hurricane began producing heavy rainfall throughout the island.
She also had a hernia from lifting heavy things during Hurricane Sandy.
Heavy rains from Hurricane Irene are forecast to hit Baltimore, where the Yankees are to play five games between Thursday and Sunday.
All this has meant that, despite the heavy downpours of Hurricane Isaac, the desiccated regions of the country still had ponds too shallow to water cattle, fields too dusty for feeding and crops beyond the point of salvage.
Because of the threat of heavy rain from Hurricane Gordon -- or maybe because it was the Bengals -- the 45,653 for the Jaguars' home opener was the smallest crowd in their six-year history.
High debt will continue to constrain stimulus efforts, however; government officials are insisting that big public works projects are not forthcoming.And tropical storm Edouard has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and has its eye set on the Texas coast, only recently inundated by heavy rains from Hurricane Dolly.
With high winds and heavy rain from Hurricane Sandy expected to topple trees and down power lines even before it is projected to make landfall late Monday or early Tuesday, utility companies and emergency management officials are urging people to prepare for widespread power failures that could last more than a week in some areas.
Severe weather warnings are issued for heavy continuous rain, hurricane gale force winds, heavy snowfall, heat, black ice, thaw periods, and thunderstorms.
Agricultural damage was heavy, with the hurricane damaging more than 3,000 agricultural institutions.
Later in its duration, Hortense struck Nova Scotia, bringing heavy rainfall and hurricane force winds to isolated locations.
