NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) - Ferocious rain and wind gusts unleashed by Hurricane Gustav pushed water cascading over protective works in New Orleans Monday three years after Katrina swamped the fabled jazz city. Wave surges washed over a

NEW YORK - US Republicans have decided to change the programme of their convention, which opens Monday afternoon, due to Hurricane Gustav, Republican presidential hopeful John McCain has said. "This is a time when we have to do away

KINGSTON (AFP) - Deadly Tropical Storm Gustav thrashed Jamaica Friday and was on track to crash into Cuba as a hurricane after leaving up to 78 people dead in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica. Jamaica woke to a trail of