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Yahoo! Alerts Yahoo! News - My Alerts - Edit Alert Tuesday, November 22, 2005 09:00 PM PST Today's Weather News: La. Lawmakers Rebalance Hard-Hit Budget FEMA Gives Hurricane Evacuees Extra Month Honduras Raises Storm Death Toll to 32 The Nation's Weather New Orleans' ring of levees needs work, and fast Gamma storm toll in Honduras rises to 32 Musicians fear New Orleans jazz traditions will die 6,644 are still missing after Katrina; toll may rise Storm Gamma kills 32 in Honduras Bush signs law to up flood insurance borrowing Bush Signs Flood Insurance Borrowing Bill Two U.S. Crash Victims Were Fla. Newlyweds U.S. Newlyweds Die in Belize Plane Crash New Idea: Inject Sea Water to Raise Venice Hurricanes Sap New Orleans' Holiday Season U2's The Edge spotlights hurricane victims Sri Lankan tsunami survivors hit by floods Katrina shelves gifts to food banks Gamma Weakens After Lashing Honduras Corpses remain amid the rubble of wrecked New Orleans La. Lawmakers Rebalance Hard-Hit Budget Tue, 22 Nov 2005 06:15 pm PST AP - Lawmakers wrapped up a special legislative session Tuesday after rebalancing Louisiana's deficit-riddled budget and creating tax breaks to entice businesses back to hurricane-damaged areas. Full Story Top FEMA Gives Hurricane Evacuees Extra Month Tue, 22 Nov 2005 06:07 pm PST AP - Stung by complaints it was pushing hurricane victims out before the holidays, FEMA extended its hotel housing program Tuesday by a month in 10 states where most of the homeless evacuees sought shelter after Katrina and Rita. Full Story Top Honduras Raises Storm Death Toll to 32 Tue, 22 Nov 2005 06:04 pm PST AP - The death toll from a tropical storm that slammed Honduras over the weekend rose to 32 with 13 people missing, officials said Tuesday. Full Story Top The Nation's Weather Tue, 22 Nov 2005 04:03 pm PST AP - Heavy rain fell across much of New England Tuesday as a coastal low pressure system moved north. Full Story Top New Orleans' ring of levees needs work, and fast Tue, 22 Nov 2005 11:45 am PST Reuters - A billion-dollar emergency repair project is well under way along the web of levees protecting New Orleans from floods, but future engineering plans are as murky as ever. Full Story Top Gamma storm toll in Honduras rises to 32 Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:18 am PST AFP - The death toll in Honduras from Tropical Storm Gamma increased to at least 32, with 13 people missing, officials said. Full Story Top Musicians fear New Orleans jazz traditions will die Tue, 22 Nov 2005 07:19 am PST Reuters - Philip Frazier, who leads the New Orleans jazz group ReBirth Brass, was one of the lucky ones. His house and tuba survived Hurricane Katrina mostly intact. Full Story Top 6,644 are still missing after Katrina; toll may rise Tue, 22 Nov 2005 04:08 am PST USATODAY.com - The whereabouts of 6,644 people reported missing after Hurricane Katrina have not been determined, raising the prospect that the death toll could be higher than the 1,306 recorded so far in Louisiana and Mississippi, according to two groups working with the federal government to account for victims. Full Story Top Storm Gamma kills 32 in Honduras Mon, 21 Nov 2005 11:03 pm PST Reuters - Tropical Storm Gamma killed at least 32 people in Honduras and many more are feared dead in mudslides in two remote villages, an emergency official said on Monday. Full Story Top Bush signs law to up flood insurance borrowing Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:21 pm PST Reuters - President George W. Bush signed into law legislation drastically raising the borrowing authority of the government's flood insurance program to $18.5 billion from $3.5 billion to cover claims from Hurricane Katrina and other flood disasters, the White House said on Monday. Full Story Top Bush Signs Flood Insurance Borrowing Bill Tue, 22 Nov 2005 12:09 pm PST AP - The federal flood insurance agency, whose funds have all but dried up because of heavy hurricane claims, will be able to resume payments to flood victims under a measure signed by President Bush. Full Story Top Two U.S. Crash Victims Were Fla. Newlyweds Mon, 21 Nov 2005 07:44 pm PST AP - An American couple killed in a plane crash in Belize blamed on Tropical Storm Gamma's heavy rain and winds were newlyweds on their honeymoon, relatives said Monday. Full Story Top U.S. Newlyweds Die in Belize Plane Crash Mon, 21 Nov 2005 05:25 pm PST AP - An American couple killed in a plane crash in Belize blamed on Tropical Storm Gamma's heavy rain and winds were newlyweds on their honeymoon, a relative said Monday. Full Story Top New Idea: Inject Sea Water to Raise Venice Mon, 21 Nov 2005 04:09 pm PST AP - A group of engineers and geology experts said Monday they are considering injecting sea water under Venice to raise the waterlogged Italian city 30 centimeters (12 inches) and rescue it from the tides and floods that bedevil it. Full Story Top Hurricanes Sap New Orleans' Holiday Season Mon, 21 Nov 2005 11:24 am PST AP - As Glenn Poche looked for sales in the hardware department and his wife combed through racks of clothing, luxuries like grand turkey dinners and festive holiday shopping were far from their minds. Full Story Top U2's The Edge spotlights hurricane victims Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:18 am PST AFP - In the name of music, U2 guitarist The Edge is leading a new bid to help artists who lost instruments when Hurricane Katrina's floodtide engulfed jazz capital New Orleans. Full Story Top Sri Lankan tsunami survivors hit by floods Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:57 am PST AFP - Thousands of tsunami survivors in rebel-held areas of northern Sri Lanka have been evacuated to higher ground after lashing monsoon rains flooded their camps. Full Story Top Katrina shelves gifts to food banks Mon, 21 Nov 2005 04:32 am PST USATODAY.com - As Hurricane Katrina donations reach near-record levels, some food banks in the USA are seeing bare shelves as they prepare for Thanksgiving and winter. Food donations are down 12% in Los Angeles, 30% in New York City and more than 50% in Milwaukee and Denver, according to America's Second Harvest network, which accounts for 80% of the nation's food banks for the needy. Full Story Top Gamma Weakens After Lashing Honduras Sun, 20 Nov 2005 04:13 pm PST AP - Tropical Storm Gamma weakened into a tropical depression Sunday and drifted off Honduras after torrential downpours lashed the Central American coast, killing 14 people — including a young family of four. Full Story Top Corpses remain amid the rubble of wrecked New Orleans Sun, 20 Nov 2005 01:10 pm PST AFP - Trapped in attics and collapsed buildings, many of the dead of New Orleans remain undiscovered nearly three months after Hurricane Katrina struck, and weeks after flood waters were pumped out of the lowest lying areas. Full Story Top You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts. Use this link to unsubscribe from this alert. To change your communications preferences for other Yahoo! business lines, please visit your Marketing Preferences. 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