Topic: Hurricane Ida

My Sweet Vacation

Despite the hurricane headed our way, I was excited to be on the inaugural cruise of Sweet, a new lesbian travel company that strives to better the world while having an amazing time. We did escape Hurricane Ida, but ran into some ...

Mixed Signals in U.S. Oil Demand

The U.S. Energy Department's weekly inventory release showed a smaller-than-expected build in crude stockpiles, a surprise drop in distillates and improvement in refinery run-rates. Current crude oil stocks, at 337.8 million barrels, are 6.1% above the year-earlier level ...

Crude oil prices firm before US energy report

Oil prices rose slightly on Wednesday as traders awaited the weekly US energy report after slower-than-expected economic growth in the United States, the world's biggest energy consuming nation.New York's main contract, light sweet crude for January delivery, added just ...
Jogger finds stranded dolphin at Ala. wildlife refuge after Tropical Storm IdaAn Atlantic bottlenose dolphin is being treated for dehydration and pneumonia after it was found stranded following Tropical Storm Ida's brush with the Alabama coast.A jogger at the Bon ...

The nation's weather

The nation's weatherThe remnants of Tropical Storm Ida were expected to continue pushing up the East Coast and leave more wet weather over the Mid-Atlantic and New England on Friday.Flow around the system was forecast to pick up abundant moisture ...
Tropical Storm Ida further slows already late harvest season for Southern farmersTropical Storm Ida may not have done much damage when it hit the Gulf Coast this week, but its wind and rain compounded the misery for Southern farmers already coping with ...

Oil prices advance before US energy report

World oil prices rose slightly on Wednesday as traders awaited the latest weekly snapshot of US energy inventories, analysts said.New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in December, added 30 cents to 79.35 dollars a barrel.Brent ...

Floods, landslides kill 144 in El Salvador

Rescue workers in El Salvador on Tuesday tried to reach dozens of towns cut off by torrents of mud and debris unleashed by devastating late-season storms that killed at least 144 people.The total number of dead rose to 144, civil protection ...

Oil prices dip as Hurricane Ida worries ease

World oil prices slid Tuesday as Hurricane Ida weakened to a tropical storm, easing worries about the potential threat to petroleum installations in the US Gulf of Mexico, analysts said.Traders also digested the latest oil demand and price forecasts from the ...

Oil prices flatten as Hurricane Ida worries ease

World oil prices flattened on Tuesday as worries subsided over the potential threat posed by Hurricane Ida to petroleum installations in the US Gulf of Mexico, analysts said.Traders also digested the latest oil demand and price forecasts from the Paris-based International ...