And I'm Audie Cornish. In New Orleans, Mayor Mitch Landrieu delivered this news this afternoon. MAYOR MITCH LANDRIEU: Isaac has now formed into a hurricane so we are officially in the fight and the ...

Even as the nation was reflecting on the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, another tropical storm hit the same Southern area. Hurricane Isaac’s destruction was tempered by functioning levees, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Hurricane Isaac was a massive, slow moving storm that did tremendous damage, destroyed entire towns and caused numerous fatalities. It was “only” a category 1 hurricane, yet it created a surge of ...

Hurricane Isaac's anticipated impact on the local power grid has prompted New Orleans TV stations to align with local radio stations for audio simulcasts of continuing storm coverage. Some signals are ...

Sidney Blumenthal, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s unofficial adviser, advised Clinton in 2012 to use an impending hurricane as a prop to make President Obama look good. And in her Aug. 27 ...

As Hurricane Isaac strengthens and wreaks havoc down South, more than 30 New Yorkers are on their way to help those displaced by the storm. The New York branch of the American Red Cross began sending ...

At the height of Hurricane Isaac 's fury on Wednesday, as gust after gust of wind blew rain sideways through New Orleans, Lawrence Walker and his family were huddled in their putty-colored home at ...