Hurricanes draw their power from the warm waters of the tropics, and although they can reach category five at sea, with winds exceeding 155mph, it is rare for them to hit land with such destructive force. Last year, Hurricane Dean became only the fourth category five storm to reach land. Gustav has been downgraded twice from category four in recent ...

After some early fretting over Hurricane Dean, the people who set gasoline prices seem to have settled down after the news that the storm will not cause long-term disruptions in Mexican oil production. While the storm brought roughly 80 percent of Mexican oil production to a stop, that is likely to be just ...