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Ida weakens to a depression, soaks the Southeast

Nov. 10, 2009
Tropical Storm Ida sloshed ashore with rain and gusty winds Tuesday before weakening to a depression, causing little damage along the Gulf Coast but bringing more rain to the already-soaked Southeast. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Ida's...
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Ida loses storm status over U.S. southeast

Ida loses storm status over U.S. southeast

MIAMI, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Ida was downgraded to tropical depression status Tuesday morning as it saturated the U.S. Gulf coastal states with rain, forecasters said.
Ida headed for overnight landfall

Ida headed for overnight landfall

MIAMI, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Ida was closing in on the U.S. Gulf Coast Monday night and forecasters said the storm would probably make landfall during the night.

Tropical Storm Ida threatens Yucutan

MIAMI, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Ida remained a tropical storm Saturday morning, but Mexican officials had the Yucatan Peninsula under a hurricane watch in case the storm strengthens.

Ida soaks Nicaragua, nearing Honduras

MIAMI, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Tropical depression Ida was heading north away from Honduras Friday night with forecasters saying the one-time hurricane could rejuvenate itself.

Tropical Storm Ida drenching Nicaragua

MIAMI, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Hurricane Ida made landfall in eastern Nicaragua Thursday with 75 mph winds, but degraded to a near-stationary tropical storm, U.S. forecasters reported.

Tropical Storm Beryl threatens coast

MIAMI, July 18 (UPI) -- The second named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season formed Tuesday off North Carolina.

Tropical storm Irene gaining strength

MIAMI, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Irene appeared to be gathering strength at mid-day Friday and storm watchers said it could develop into a hurricane within 24 hours.

Tropical Storm Harvey washes Bermuda

MIAMI, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Bermuda awoke Thursday to rain and 60 mph winds as Tropical Storm Harvey brushed the island in its east-northeasterly path.

Rare December tropical storm develops

MIAMI, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A rare December tropical storm developed in the Caribbean with top sustained winds of 40 mph Thursday and headed toward Haiti.

Tropical storm Iris threatens Hispaniola

MIAMI, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Tropical storm Iris formed with 60 mph winds 155 miles south of Ponce Friday, and the National Hurricane Center in Miami announced hurricane warnings for Haiti
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch