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Communities bug out over cuts to mosquito control (AP)

Christopher Tomlinson with the Bucks County department of health blows off a mosquito from his arm while he spreads biological larvicide into stagnant water to help control mosquito population at a public golf course in Fairless Hills, Pa., Friday, June 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - Millions of mosquito eggs laid across southern Texas after Hurricane Ike hit the coast last summer are waiting for the little bit of rain and hot summer days they need to hatch. That's got the man whose job it is to fight the bugs worried — he's already running out of money.





Caribbean states fight to ride out economic storm (Reuters)

People work at a construction site in Basseterre June 11, 2009. REUTERS/Eduardo MunozReuters - The Caribbean's small island states ride out hurricanes year after year, but they are fighting to stay afloat in a global economic storm that is battering rich and poor nations alike.





Caribbean tropical wave may grow into Gulf storm (Reuters) Reuters - A tropical wave over the western Caribbean Sea between Honduras and Cuba has a moderate chance -- 30 to 50 percent -- of developing into a tropical cyclone over the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center forecast Friday.


Eight dead as storm sweeps Philippines: govt (AFP)

Map showing the path of tropical storm Nangka, which left at least eight people dead and 12 missing after it swept through central and northern Philippines, officials said Thursday.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - At least eight people were killed while 12 others remained missing after tropical storm Nangka swept through the central and northern Philippines, officials said on Thursday.





Report: FEMA misspent $7 million on warehouses (AP) AP - The Federal Emergency Management Agency ignored the law and misused millions of dollars to build two warehouses after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, according to government investigators.


Andres weakens to depression, back out to sea (AP)

Rain and strong waves hit the beach as hurricane Andres arrives in the Pacific resort city of Manzanillo, Mexico Tuesday June 23, 2009. Andres strengthened into the Pacific season's first hurricane as it flooded homes, toppled trees and killed at least one person on its way up Mexico's southwestern coast.(AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)AP - The remnants of Tropical Storm Andres were dissipating over the Pacific on Wednesday after flooding homes and killing at least one person on Mexico's southwestern coast.





Andres weakens to tropical depression off Mexico (Reuters) Reuters - Andres, the first hurricane of the eastern Pacific season, has weakened to a tropical depression, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said on Wednesday.


Andres becomes first Pacific hurricane of season (AFP)

This June 23, 2009 NOAA handout satellite image shows Tropical Storm Andres, located southeast of Manzanillo, Mexico. Andres has become the first hurricane of the season in the Pacific Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said on Tuesday as the storm moved toward the west coast of Mexico.(AFP/NOAA)AFP - Andres has become the first hurricane of the season in the Pacific Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said on Tuesday as the storm moved toward the west coast of Mexico.





Tropical storm Andres blows up Mexico's Pacific coast (AFP)

This June 22, 2009 NOAA handout satellite image shows Tropical Storm Andres, located southeast of Manzanillo, Mexico. Tropical storm Andres churned past beach resorts up Mexico's southwest Pacific coast on Monday as forecasters issued a warning and said it could grow into a hurricane.(AFP/NOAA)AFP - Tropical storm Andres churned past beach resorts up Mexico's southwest Pacific coast on Monday as forecasters issued a warning and said it could grow into a hurricane.





New Orleans mayor out of quarantine in China (AP)

FILE - This Dec. 23, 2008 file photo shows New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin during an interview in his office at City Hall in New Orleans. Nagin is feeling well after he and his wife were quarantined in China because a passenger on their flight exhibited flu-like symptoms. Nagin's office said Sunday June 7, 2009, the couple and a security guard were quarantined at a hotel in Shanghai as a precaution and were exhibiting no swine flu symptoms. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin figured he could get through just about anything. But being held in quarantine in China amid swine flu concerns on what was supposed to be a simple economic development trip?





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