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2013 Hurricane Names

Weather forecasters are predicting another busy Atlantic hurricane season. The storms will get their names from an alphabetical list of 21 names selected by the World Meteorological Organization: Andrea, Barry, Chantal, Dorian, Erin, Fernand, Gabrielle, Humberto, Ingrid, Jerry, Karen, Lorenzo, Melissa, Nestor, Olga, Pablo, Rebekah, Sebastien, Tanya, Van and Wendy. ...

This NOAA satellite image taken Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 10:45 AM EDT shows a low pressure system over the central United States with widespread showers and thunderstorms from Texas into the Northern Plains. Farther east, a warm front extended into the Northeast with showers and thunderstorms. Tropical Storm Barbara can be seen south of Mexico. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)

Barbara weakens to tropical storm, kills 2 people

Hurricane Barbara drenched a sparsely populated stretch of Mexico's southern Pacific coast with rain Wednesday after making the second-earliest landfall since reliable record-keeping began in 1966. It quickly lost strength over land but not before killing at least two people, including a man identified by local officials as a U.S. ...

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, right, holds 6-week-old Willow DeParre, as first lady Mary Pat Christie looks on as they greet people during the opening of the New Jersey shore, Friday, May 24, 2013, in Seaside Heights, N.J. Christie cut a ribbon to symbolically reopen the state's shore for the summer season, seven months after being devastated by Superstorm Sandy. Several beach communities have annual beach ribbon cuttings, announcing they are back in business. But this year's ceremonies are more poignant seven months after a storm that did an estimated $37 billion of damage in the state. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Jersey shore eyes record-setting summer post Sandy

New Jersey used a record-breaking gesture Friday to celebrate its recovery from a record-setting storm, proclaiming to the nation that the Jersey shore is back in business following Superstorm Sandy. Gov. Chris Christie and a host of volunteers carried out a ceremonial ribbon cutting that broke the Guinness World record ...

2013 Atlantic hurricane names

When the the winds from these storms reach 39 mph (34 kts), the cyclones are given names. Years ago, an international committee developed names for Atlantic cyclones. In 1979 a six year rotating list of Atlantic storm names was adopted — alternating between male and female hurricane names. Storm names ...

Superstorm Sandy homes still damaged, 6 months later

Six months after Superstorm Sandy devastated the Jersey shore and New York City and pounded coastal areas of New England, the region is dealing with a slow and frustrating, yet often hopeful, recovery.

Some Superstorm Sandy cleanup crews still haven't been paid

Cleanup crews hired by contractors to clean up after Superstorm Sandy still haven’t been paid. HLN says the subcontracting company that hired them picked up and left. WBND says the workers, who were clearing trees from city parks, have stopped working since they haven’t been paid in weeks. WABC says ...

'Sandy' has been retired from Atlantic hurricane names

“Fox & Friends” reports the World Meteorological Organization retired Sandy from the official list of Atlantic hurricane names. NOAA explains that storm names are reused every six years. However, if a storm is so deadly or costly, repeating a name might be insensitive or confusing. Preliminary U.S. damage estimates are ...

Piers Morgan Threatened With Deportation?

Internet savvy gun lovers have created a petition to have Piers Morgan deported for attacking the Second Amendment.

Critics campaign for Piers Morgan deportation

Internet savvy gun lovers have created a petition to have Piers Morgan deported for attacking the Second Amendment.

Stars Give Sell-Out Sandy Concert

Some of the world's biggest music stars have performed at a concert in New York to raise money for victims of super-storm Sandy.

Epic concert brings out the heavy weights

Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi and the Rolling Stones joined with actors and comedians in headlining a benefit concert on Wednesday (December 12) for victims of Superstorm Sandy, which six weeks ago devastated scores of communities along the coastline of the U.S. northeast coastline.

12.12.12. Hurricane Sandy Benefit Concert Preview

Tonight, a concert to benefit victims of Hurricane Sandy will be held. What makes this benefit concert different from previous concerts of the type is that this one will be held online. It's a great way to help those in need while getting to see more performers in one place ...

Sandy relief concert: Behind the scenes

In putting together Wednesday night's "12-12-12" concert benefiting Sandy relief efforts, a trio of heavy-hitting producers reached out to some of rock's biggest stars and Hollywood's blockbuster names. Pia Catton has details on Lunch Break. Photo: AP.