AP - A tropical depression formed Sunday over the open Atlantic, and meteorologists said it was forecast to become the next tropical storm of the 2006 hurricane season on Monday.

AP - A woman died of carbon monoxide poisoning from a portable generator, bringing Virginia's death toll from the remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto to six, officials said.

AP - A tropical depression formed Sunday over the open Atlantic, and meteorologists said it was forecast to become the next tropical storm of the 2006 hurricane season on Monday.

Reuters - More than 400,000 homes in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region were without power on Saturday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto soaked the region with up to a foot of rain.

AP - Hurricane forecaster William Gray's team downgraded its expectations for the 2006 Atlantic storm season Friday, calling for a slightly below-average year, with only five hurricanes instead of the seven previously forecast.

AFP - Military helicopters flew in emergency aid after floods triggered by Tropical Storm John left 10,000 people stranded on Mexico's Baja California peninsula, officials have said.

AP - A tropical depression is brewing over the open Atlantic, and meteorologists said Monday it was forecast to become the next tropical storm of the 2006 hurricane season.

AP - A tropical depression is brewing over the open Atlantic, and meteorologists said Monday it was forecast to become the next tropical storm of the 2006 hurricane season.

Reuters - Standing in the ruins of the Lower Ninth Ward, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin envisions for the crowd a city rebuilt from Hurricane Katrina with new houses standing high above the reach of killer storms and grinding poverty.

AP - Rains from the remnants of Hurricane John soaked the northern half of Mexico's arid Baja California peninsula on Monday and threatened to cause flooding in the southwestern United States.

Reuters - More than 400,000 homes in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region were without power on Saturday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto soaked the region with up to a foot of rain.

AP - Hurricane forecaster William Gray's team downgraded its expectations for the 2006 Atlantic storm season Friday, calling for a slightly below-average year, with only five hurricanes instead of the seven previously forecast.

AP - A woman fatally shot in an upscale suburb and a teenager gunned down on a New Orleans street are the latest people killed in a metropolitan area that has seen violent crime rebound much faster than its population since Hurricane Katrina.

AP - The remnants of Hurricane John dumped heavy rain over central Baja California on Monday and caused showers in parts of the southwestern United States, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

AP - The rapidly dissipating remnants of Hurricane John brought heavy showers to the deserts of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States Monday.

AP - A tropical depression brewing over the open Atlantic was nearing tropical storm strength Monday morning, forecasters said.

Reuters - More than 400,000 homes in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region were without power on Saturday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto soaked the region with up to a foot of rain.

AP - Hurricane forecaster William Gray's team downgraded its expectations for the 2006 Atlantic storm season Friday, calling for a slightly below-average year, with only five hurricanes instead of the seven previously forecast.

Reuters - More than 400,000 homes in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region were without power on Saturday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto soaked the region with up to a foot of rain.

AP - Hurricane forecaster William Gray's team downgraded its expectations for the 2006 Atlantic storm season Friday, calling for a slightly below-average year, with only five hurricanes instead of the seven previously forecast.

AP - Heavy rain flooded roads in the Southwest on Monday as the rapidly weakening remnants of Hurricane John spread across the border from Mexico, where up to 20 inches had fallen on parts of the Baja Peninsula.

AP - A tropical depression brewing over the open Atlantic was nearing tropical storm strength Monday morning, forecasters said.

AP - Heavy rain flooded roads in the Southwest on Monday as the rapidly weakening remnants of Hurricane John spread across the border from Mexico, where up to 20 inches had fallen on parts of the Baja Peninsula.