AP - The sweat and donations from religious groups are bringing hope and new homes to many residents in this tiny community, still struggling two years after Hurricane Katrina left much of the Mississippi Gulf Coast in ruins.

AP - Residents stocked up on groceries, flashlights and plywood to board up windows and doors ahead of Hurricane Felix, which gathered strength early Sunday and was forecast to pass just north of the Dutch Caribbean island.

AP - Felix gathered strength and became a Category 2 hurricane early Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The storm was forecast to pass just north of the Dutch Caribbean island.

AFP - Hurricane Felix gained intensity as it tore across the warm waters of the Caribbean early Sunday, the Florida-based National Hurricane Center said.

Reuters - Hurricane Felix, the second hurricane of the Atlantic hurricane season, was upgraded early on Sunday to a category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

AP - Hurricane Felix strengthened to a Category 2 storm and shifted away from Curacao on Sunday, taking an unpredictable path that left Caribbean islands over a stretch of hundreds of miles fearful of the winds and rain to come.

AFP - Hurricane Felix gained intensity as it tore across the warm waters of the Caribbean early Sunday, the Florida-based National Hurricane Center said.

Reuters - Hurricane Felix intensified rapidly over the warm waters of the Caribbean on Sunday as it passed to the north of the Netherlands Antilles islands and aimed for Central America or Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

Reuters - Gusty winds knocked down trees and stinging rain flooded streets in the Netherlands Antilles on Sunday as Hurricane Felix passed north of the Dutch Caribbean islands, intensifying rapidly over warm waters.

AP - Downpours and gusty wind from Hurricane Felix battered a cluster of Dutch Caribbean islands on Sunday, but the strengthening storm left little in its wake beyond downed trees, scattered outages and a sense of relief as it headed toward Central America.

Reuters - Gusty winds knocked down trees and stinging rain flooded streets in the Netherlands Antilles on Sunday as Hurricane Felix strengthened into a "major" storm north of the Dutch Caribbean islands.

Reuters - Hurricane Felix intensified into a "major" Category 3 hurricane on Sunday as it churned over the warm waters of the Caribbean, aimed at Central America or Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, U.S. weather forecasters said.

AFP - One person was reported missing in Venezuela as Hurricane Felix grew into a major class-four storm Sunday and threatened to become a level-five super storm as it headed on a track toward Honduras and Belize.

AP - Hurricane Felix strengthened into a dangerous Category 4 storm Sunday as it toppled trees and flooded homes on a cluster of Dutch islands before churning its way into the open waters of the Caribbean.

Reuters - Hurricane Felix intensified at an alarming rate on Sunday while passing north of Aruba and was expected to become an extremely dangerous Category 5 storm as it brushed Central America and neared Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, U.S. forecasters said.

Reuters - Hurricane Felix strengthened on Sunday into a Category 4 storm, the second-highest level on the five-step Saffir Simpson scale, as it passed to the north of Aruba and aimed for Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Reuters - Hurricane Felix became an extremely dangerous Category 5 storm on Sunday as it swept through the southern Caribbean on a path toward Central America and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, U.S. forecasters said.

AFP - Hurricane Felix intensified into a potentially devastating Category Five storm Sunday as it churned its way through the Caribbean toward Belize and Mexico's Yucatan peninsula.

AP - Hurricane Felix strengthened into a dangerous Category 5 storm Sunday and churned its way into the open waters of the Caribbean Sea after toppling trees and flooding some homes on a cluster of Dutch islands.