U.S. President Barack Obama, seated with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator William Craig Fugate (R), urges Americans to take safety measures after a briefing about Hurricane Sandy, as it threatens the East Coast, at FEMA headquarters in Washington, October 28, 2012. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ENVIRONMENT) 

U.S. President Barack Obama (C), seated with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Deputy Administrator Richard Serino (L) and Administrator William Craig Fugate (R), urges Americans to take safety measures after a briefing about Hurricane Sandy, as it threatens the East Coast, at FEMA headquarters in Washington, October 28, 2012. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ENVIRONMENT) 

A woman drags a basket full of bottled water down 7th Ave in New York October 28, 2012. Hurricane Sandy could be the biggest storm to hit the United States mainland when it comes ashore on Monday night, bringing strong winds and dangerous flooding to the East Coast from the mid-Atlantic states to New England, forecasters said on Sunday. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT) 

Andon Gaytanikov (L) and Anthony Martino (R) make sand bags to protect a business they work at on the boardwalk, from Hurricane Sandy, in Ocean City, New Jersey, October 28, 2012. The popular boardwalk in this resort town has dozens of business facing the ocean and expected to get the full brunt of the storm when it hits land sometime Monday. REUTERS/Tom Mihalek (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Women enjoy a beautiful day on the board walk while heavy equipment is used to pile sand into berms before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy at Brighton Beach, New York, October 27, 2012. Tropical cyclone Sandy revved back up to hurricane strength on Saturday as it churned toward the U.S. northeast coast where it threatens to become one of the worst storms in decades. The late-season storm has been dubbed "Frankenstorm" by some weather watchers because it will combine elements of a tropical cyclone and a winter storm and is forecast to reach the U.S. coast close to Halloween. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT) 

A padlock holds an entrance gate closed to block vehicle access to the beach in Daytona Beach, Florida, as Hurricane Sandy passes offshore October 26, 2012. Hurricane Sandy, a late-season Atlantic storm unlike anything seen in more than two decades, slogged slowly toward the U.S. East Coast on Friday after killing at least 41 people as it cut across the Caribbean. Forecasters said Sandy, with an expanding wind field already 550 miles wide, had begun merging with a polar air mass over the eastern United States, potentially spawning a hybrid "super storm" that could wreak havoc along the East Coast. REUTERS/Steve Nesius (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER) 

James Cardoza takes a break after helping his boss board up his business in preparation for tropical storm Isaac in New Orleans, Louisiana August 27, 2012. REUTERS/Sean Gardner (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT) 

Men push a boat ashore as Hurricane Ernesto approaches the southern part of the Yucatan peninsula, in Mahahual August 7, 2012. Ernesto strengthened into a hurricane on Tuesday just hours before making landfall in Mexico. Hurricane warnings were extended northwards to the resort island of Cozumel from Chetumal and include the entire coast of low-lying Belize. REUTERS/Victor Ruiz (MEXICO - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER) 

HURRICANE/IRENE6 - Map of the U.S. east coast locating deaths and damage caused by Hurricane Irene. RNGS. (TOR01) 10cm wide 

HURRICANE/IRENE5 - Corrects power outage numbers for New Hampshire and updates number for North Carolina . Map of the U.S. east coast locating deaths and damage caused by Hurricane Irene. RNGS. (SIN01) 

Bob Bianchini (R) an engineer from the public works department, out for a safety inspection, warns residents to stay away from a downed tree with live power lines as Hurricane Irene slams into Asbury Park, N.J., August 28, 2011. Hurricane Irene knocked out power to 3.3 million homes and businesses along the U.S. East Coast, forced two nuclear plants to shut and idled oil ports and refining as it approached New York City early on Sunday. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY DISASTER) 

Bob Bianchini an engineer from the public works department, out for a safety inspection, is slammed by waves and storm surge pounding the boardwalk and the beach at first light as hurricane Irene slams into Asbury Park, N.J., August 28, 2011. Hurricane Irene knocked out power to 3.3 million homes and businesses along the U.S. East Coast, forced two nuclear plants to shut and idled oil ports and refining as it approached New York City early on Sunday. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY DISASTER) 

Bob Bianchini (L), Brian Grant (C) and Jim Freeman (R), engineers from the public works department out for a safety inspection, are slammed by waves and storm surge pounding the boardwalk and the beach at first light as hurricane Irene slams into Asbury Park, N.J., August 28, 2011. Hurricane Irene knocked out power to 3.3 million homes and businesses along the U.S. East Coast, forced two nuclear plants to shut and idled oil ports and refining as it approached New York City early on Sunday. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER) 

Brian Grant (L) and Bob Bianchini, engineers from the public works department out for a safety inspection, are slammed by waves and storm surge pounding the boardwalk and the beach at first light as Hurricane Irene slams into Asbury Park, New Jersey, August 28, 2011. Hurricane Irene knocked out power to 3.3 million homes and businesses along the U.S. East Coast, forced two nuclear plants to shut and idled oil ports and refining as it approached New York City early on Sunday. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Emergency volunteers pile sandbags outside the Little Ferry Public Safety Building as residents' cars line up to collect them as the low-lying town on the Hackensack River prepares for Hurricane Irene in Little Ferry, New Jersey, August 27, 2011. REUTERS/Ray Stubblebine (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER) 

Caution tape blocks the entrance to the Coney Island boardwalk after it was closed down as city officials prepare for Hurricane Irene to make landfall in the Brooklyn section of New York August 27, 2011. The city that never sleeps starting shutting down at midday on Saturday with nearly all businesses except a smattering of food and liquor stores closing and public transportation coming to a halt ahead of Hurricane Irene. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER SOCIETY) 

A woman searches through shelves in a grocery store in Brooklyn, New York August 27, 2011. Mayor Michael Bloomberg sternly warned New Yorkers to follow the city's unprecedented mandatory evacuation orders on Saturday, saying approaching Hurricane Irene is "life-threatening" and "not a joke." Some 370,000 of the city's more than 8 million residents are under orders to leave their homes in low-lying and waterfront areas, largely in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens and in the financial district in downtown Manhattan. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) 

An employee boards up the windows of a store in Amagansett, August 27, 2011. New York City ordered unprecedented evacuations and transit shutdowns as states from the Carolinas to Maine declared emergencies due to hurricane Irene, whose 520 mile width guaranteed a stormy weekend for tens of millions of people. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) 

People shop for clothes ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Irene in Amagansett, August 27, 2011. New York City ordered unprecedented evacuations and transit shutdowns as states from the Carolinas to Maine declared emergencies due to Irene, whose 520 mile width guaranteed a stormy weekend for tens of millions of people. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) 

A sign reading "Beach Closed" hangs on the Coney Island boardwalk as the city prepares for Hurricane Irene to hit in the Brooklyn section of New York August 27, 2011. Mayor Michael Bloomberg sternly warned New Yorkers to follow the city's unprecedented mandatory evacuation orders on Saturday, saying approaching Hurricane Irene is "life-threatening" and "not a joke." Some 370,000 of the city's more than 8 million residents are under orders to leave their homes in low-lying and waterfront areas, largely in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens and in the financial district in downtown Manhattan. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) 

A warning sign is seen on a public beach as Hurricane Irene approaches Long Island in East Hampton Village, New York August 27, 2011. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) 

A volunteer puts up a sign in a shelter center at Newcomers High School in Queens, New York August 26, 2011. New York City on Friday ordered the evacuation of more than 250,000 people and prepared to shut down its entire mass transit system, both unprecedented measures ahead of the expected battering from Hurricane Irene. REUTERS/Kena Betancur (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) 

Windows are boarded in Far Rockaway, New York, August 26, 2011. The eastern United States ramped up its alert on Friday ahead of Hurricane Irene and New York City ordered evacuations of vulnerable residents as the broad, menacing storm closed in on the Atlantic coast. Hundreds of thousands of residents and vacationers were evacuating from Irene's path, starting in east North Carolina where the hurricane, now packing winds of 100 miles per hour (160 kph), is expected to make landfall on Saturday. REUTERS/Allison Joyce (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER) 

Shop owner Michelle Palazzolo steps off her shop at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in Avon, North Carolina August 25, 2011, as hurricane Irene approaches. Hurricane Irene will affect eastern North Carolina on Saturday as a major hurricane and the U.S. eastern seaboard north from there is within its path, U.S. National Hurricane Center Director Bill Read said on Thursday. REUTERS/Jose Luis Magana (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT) 

Tayna Brown (R) and Andy Clyde walk through the test chamber and wind tunnel at the Institute for Business and Home Safety's Research Center in Richburg, South Carolina December 22, 2010. In Chester County, South Carolina, off a dirt road in the middle of a field, insurance companies are literally unleashing a storm. To simulate hurricane-like conditions, an industry group has built a wind tunnel big enough to accommodate nine large residential homes. Some 105 fans deliver gusts of 175 miles per hour, destroying dwellings built precisely for this purpose. The goal is to construct homes across the country that can withstand the worst Mother Nature has to offer, which lately has been quite a lot -- not to mention tough if not impossible for insurers to predict. Picture taken December 22, 2010. To match Special Report INSURANCE/CLIMATE REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

A bank of large wind turbines are seen in this exterior view of the Institute for Business and Home Safety's Research Center in Richburg, South Carolina December 22, 2010. In Chester County, South Carolina, off a dirt road in the middle of a field, insurance companies are literally unleashing a storm. To simulate hurricane-like conditions, an industry group has built a wind tunnel big enough to accommodate nine large residential homes. Some 105 fans deliver gusts of 175 miles per hour, destroying dwellings built precisely for this purpose. The goal is to construct homes across the country that can withstand the worst Mother Nature has to offer, which lately has been quite a lot -- not to mention tough if not impossible for insurers to predict. Picture taken December 22, 2010. To match Special Report INSURANCE/CLIMATE REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

A bank of large wind turbines are seen in this exterior view of the Institute for Business and Home Safety's Research Center in Richburg, South Carolina December 22, 2010. In Chester County, South Carolina, off a dirt road in the middle of a field, insurance companies are literally unleashing a storm. To simulate hurricane-like conditions, an industry group has built a wind tunnel big enough to accommodate nine large residential homes. Some 105 fans deliver gusts of 175 miles per hour, destroying dwellings built precisely for this purpose. The goal is to construct homes across the country that can withstand the worst Mother Nature has to offer, which lately has been quite a lot -- not to mention tough if not impossible for insurers to predict. Picture taken December 22, 2010. To match Special Report INSURANCE/CLIMATE REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

A bank of large wind turbines are seen in this exterior view of the Institute for Business and Home Safety's Research Center in Richburg, South Carolina December 22, 2010. In Chester County, South Carolina, off a dirt road in the middle of a field, insurance companies are literally unleashing a storm. To simulate hurricane-like conditions, an industry group has built a wind tunnel big enough to accommodate nine large residential homes. Some 105 fans deliver gusts of 175 miles per hour, destroying dwellings built precisely for this purpose. The goal is to construct homes across the country that can withstand the worst Mother Nature has to offer, which lately has been quite a lot -- not to mention tough if not impossible for insurers to predict. Picture taken December 22, 2010. To match Special Report INSURANCE/CLIMATE REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Publicist Allison Dean Love talks about the wind tunnel and test chamber at the Institute for Business and Home Safety's Research Center in Richburg, South Carolina December 8, 2010. In Chester County, South Carolina, off a dirt road in the middle of a field, insurance companies are literally unleashing a storm. To simulate hurricane-like conditions, an industry group has built a wind tunnel big enough to accommodate nine large residential homes. Some 105 fans deliver gusts of 175 miles per hour, destroying dwellings built precisely for this purpose. The goal is to construct homes across the country that can withstand the worst Mother Nature has to offer, which lately has been quite a lot -- not to mention tough if not impossible for insurers to predict. Picture taken December 8, 2010. To match Special Report INSURANCE/CLIMATE REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Publicist Allison Dean Love talks about the wind tunnel and test chamber at the Institute for Business and Home Safety's Research Center in Richburg, South Carolina December 8, 2010. In Chester County, South Carolina, off a dirt road in the middle of a field, insurance companies are literally unleashing a storm. To simulate hurricane-like conditions, an industry group has built a wind tunnel big enough to accommodate nine large residential homes. Some 105 fans deliver gusts of 175 miles per hour, destroying dwellings built precisely for this purpose. The goal is to construct homes across the country that can withstand the worst Mother Nature has to offer, which lately has been quite a lot -- not to mention tough if not impossible for insurers to predict. Picture taken December 8, 2010. To match Special Report INSURANCE/CLIMATE REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Publicist Allison Dean Love stands inside the wind tunnel and test chamber at the Institute for Business and Home Safety's Research Center in Richburg, South Carolina on December 8, 2010. In Chester County, South Carolina, off a dirt road in the middle of a field, insurance companies are literally unleashing a storm. To simulate hurricane-like conditions, an industry group has built a wind tunnel big enough to accommodate nine large residential homes. Some 105 fans deliver gusts of 175 miles per hour, destroying dwellings built precisely for this purpose. The goal is to construct homes across the country that can withstand the worst Mother Nature has to offer, which lately has been quite a lot -- not to mention tough if not impossible for insurers to predict. Picture taken December 8, 2010. To match Special Report INSURANCE/CLIMATE REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Publicist Allison Dean Love talks about the wind tunnel and test chamber at the Institute for Business and Home Safety's Research Center in Richburg, South Carolina December 8, 2010. In Chester County, South Carolina, off a dirt road in the middle of a field, insurance companies are literally unleashing a storm. To simulate hurricane-like conditions, an industry group has built a wind tunnel big enough to accommodate nine large residential homes. Some 105 fans deliver gusts of 175 miles per hour, destroying dwellings built precisely for this purpose. The goal is to construct homes across the country that can withstand the worst Mother Nature has to offer, which lately has been quite a lot -- not to mention tough if not impossible for insurers to predict. Picture taken December 8, 2010. To match Special Report INSURANCE/CLIMATE REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

A section of the wind turbines is seen inside the test chamber and wind tunnel at the Institute for Business and Home Safety's Research Center in Richburg, South Carolina December 8, 2010. In Chester County, South Carolina, off a dirt road in the middle of a field, insurance companies are literally unleashing a storm. To simulate hurricane-like conditions, an industry group has built a wind tunnel big enough to accommodate nine large residential homes. Some 105 fans deliver gusts of 175 miles per hour, destroying dwellings built precisely for this purpose. The goal is to construct homes across the country that can withstand the worst Mother Nature has to offer, which lately has been quite a lot -- not to mention tough if not impossible for insurers to predict. Picture taken December 8, 2010. To match Special Report INSURANCE/CLIMATE REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

A section of the wind turbines is seen inside the test chamber and wind tunnel at the Institute for Business and Home Safety's Research Center in Richburg, South Carolina December 8, 2010. In Chester County, South Carolina, off a dirt road in the middle of a field, insurance companies are literally unleashing a storm. To simulate hurricane-like conditions, an industry group has built a wind tunnel big enough to accommodate nine large residential homes. Some 105 fans deliver gusts of 175 miles per hour, destroying dwellings built precisely for this purpose. The goal is to construct homes across the country that can withstand the worst Mother Nature has to offer, which lately has been quite a lot -- not to mention tough if not impossible for insurers to predict. Picture taken December 8, 2010. To match Special Report INSURANCE/CLIMATE REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATESBUSINESS - Tags: BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT) 

Andy Clyde installs wind sensors to a test building inside the wind tunnel and test chamber at the Institute for Business and Home Safety's Research Center in Richburg, South Carolina December 22, 2010. In Chester County, South Carolina, off a dirt road in the middle of a field, insurance companies are literally unleashing a storm. To simulate hurricane-like conditions, an industry group has built a wind tunnel big enough to accommodate nine large residential homes. Some 105 fans deliver gusts of 175 miles per hour, destroying dwellings built precisely for this purpose. The goal is to construct homes across the country that can withstand the worst Mother Nature has to offer, which lately has been quite a lot -- not to mention tough if not impossible for insurers to predict. Picture taken December 22, 2010. To match Special Report INSURANCE/CLIMATE REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

A test building is seen inside the test chamber and wind tunnel at the Institute for Business and Home Safety's Research Center in Richburg, South Carolina December 22, 2010. In Chester County, South Carolina, off a dirt road in the middle of a field, insurance companies are literally unleashing a storm. To simulate hurricane-like conditions, an industry group has built a wind tunnel big enough to accommodate nine large residential homes. Some 105 fans deliver gusts of 175 miles per hour, destroying dwellings built precisely for this purpose. The goal is to construct homes across the country that can withstand the worst Mother Nature has to offer, which lately has been quite a lot -- not to mention tough if not impossible for insurers to predict. Picture taken December 22, 2010. To match Special Report INSURANCE/CLIMATE REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Andy Clyde looks at wind sensors installed on a test building inside the wind tunnel and test chamber at the Institute for Business and Home Safety's Research Center in Richburg, South Carolina December 22, 2010. In Chester County, South Carolina, off a dirt road in the middle of a field, insurance companies are literally unleashing a storm. To simulate hurricane-like conditions, an industry group has built a wind tunnel big enough to accommodate nine large residential homes. Some 105 fans deliver gusts of 175 miles per hour, destroying dwellings built precisely for this purpose. The goal is to construct homes across the country that can withstand the worst Mother Nature has to offer, which lately has been quite a lot -- not to mention tough if not impossible for insurers to predict. Picture taken December 22, 2010. To match Special Report INSURANCE/CLIMATE REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Andy Clyde installs wind sensors to a test building inside the wind tunnel and test chamber at the Institute for Business and Home Safety's Research Center in Richburg, South Carolina December 22, 2010. In Chester County, South Carolina, off a dirt road in the middle of a field, insurance companies are literally unleashing a storm. To simulate hurricane-like conditions, an industry group has built a wind tunnel big enough to accommodate nine large residential homes. Some 105 fans deliver gusts of 175 miles per hour, destroying dwellings built precisely for this purpose. The goal is to construct homes across the country that can withstand the worst Mother Nature has to offer, which lately has been quite a lot -- not to mention tough if not impossible for insurers to predict. Picture taken December 22, 2010. To match Special Report INSURANCE/CLIMATE REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Andy Clyde walks past a bank of wind turbines inside the test chamber at the Institute for Business and Home Safety's Research Center in Richburg, South Carolina December 22, 2010. In Chester County, South Carolina, off a dirt road in the middle of a field, insurance companies are literally unleashing a storm. To simulate hurricane-like conditions, an industry group has built a wind tunnel big enough to accommodate nine large residential homes. Some 105 fans deliver gusts of 175 miles per hour, destroying dwellings built precisely for this purpose. The goal is to construct homes across the country that can withstand the worst Mother Nature has to offer, which lately has been quite a lot -- not to mention tough if not impossible for insurers to predict. Picture taken December 22, 2010. To match Special Report INSURANCE/CLIMATE REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Tayna Brown (R) and Andy Clyde (L) walk through the test chamber and wind tunnel at the Institute for Business and Home Safety's Research Center in Richburg, South Carolina December 22, 2010. In Chester County, South Carolina, off a dirt road in the middle of a field, insurance companies are literally unleashing a storm. To simulate hurricane-like conditions, an industry group has built a wind tunnel big enough to accommodate nine large residential homes. Some 105 fans deliver gusts of 175 miles per hour, destroying dwellings built precisely for this purpose. The goal is to construct homes across the country that can withstand the worst Mother Nature has to offer, which lately has been quite a lot -- not to mention tough if not impossible for insurers to predict. Picture taken December 22, 2010. To match Special Report INSURANCE/CLIMATE REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

An earthquake survivor strengthens his tent in preparation for Tropical Storm Tomas in a temporary camp in downtown Port-au-Prince November 4, 2010. Tomas was expected to hit Haiti on Thursday night, battering the stark and largely deforested land with gusting wind, surging waves and torrential rains of up to 10 or 15 inches (25-38 cm) in some areas. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) 

A Colombian U.N. policeman tries to stop Haitian earthquake survivors from overloading a truck driven by the U.N. in Camp Corail, a provisional camp about 20 km (12 miles) north of Port-au-Prince, November 4, 2010. Efforts were underway to evacuate some 2,000 people from Corail, an exposed camp outside Port-au-Prince set up by the U.N. and aid groups to resettle homeless quake survivors, as Tropical Storm Tomas bore down on the poor Caribbean country already reeling from a cholera epidemic and destruction from the quake. Aid workers say the camp's location at the confluence of several streams makes it particularly vulnerable to flooding. REUTERS/ Eduardo Munoz (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) 

A resident waits inside his tent as Tropical Storm Tomas arrives at Port-au-Prince November 4, 2010. A tropical cyclone barreling toward Haiti threatens hundreds of thousands with deadly floodwaters and will likely worsen a cholera epidemic that has already killed more than 440 people, the United Nations said on Wednesday. Tropical Storm Tomas is expected to hit Haiti on Friday, unleashing torrential rains and a storm surge of up to 6 to 9 feet that will put 1.5 million people at risk, said Nigel Fisher, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Haiti, citing government estimates. REUTERS/ Eduardo Munoz (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) 

Surfers take advantage of rising swells during the approach of Hurricane Earl near Rodanthe on Cape Hatteras, North Carolina September 1, 2010. North Carolina's Dare County ordered the mandatory evacuation of all visitors from Hatteras Island, a popular picturesque vacation spot that draws large numbers of tourists each year. Officials said high waves striking the island could wash over the costal highway, impeding safe travel. REUTERS/Richard Clement (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) 

People fish at Rodanthe Pier on Cape Hatteras, North Carolina September 1, 2010, during the approach of Hurricane Earl. North Carolina's Dare County ordered the mandatory evacuation of all visitors from Hatteras Island, a popular picturesque vacation spot that draws large numbers of tourists each year. Officials said high waves striking the island could wash over the costal highway, impeding safe travel. REUTERS/Richard Clement (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) 

HURRICANE-FORECAST/UPDATE - Charts 2010 hurricane season predictions by major forecasters. RNGS. (TOR01). 5cm x 14.5cm deep 

NASA-HAWK/ - Illustration and factbox on NASA's Global Hawk unmanned drone which the U.S. space agency is sending off on August 15 to study how storms develop into hurricanes. RNGS. (SIN04) 

HURRICANE/SEASON - Charts Atlantic storms between 2000 and 2009 against NOAA's 2010 hurricane prediction. RNGS. (SIN02) 

People hold food at a school used a shelter after being evacuated in Cabo San Lucas in Mexico's state of Baja California, as Hurricane Jimena approaches September 1, 2009. Hurricane Jimena, an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm, barreled toward Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Tuesday, forcing tourists to flee the Los Cabos resort area. REUTERS/Henry Romero (MEXICO ENVIRONMENT) 

Tourist Steve Yoa is blown back by a gust of wind as he explores the rough surf created by Hurricane Bill in Herring Cove, Nova Scotia, August 23, 2009. REUTERS/Paul Darrow (CANADA ENVIRONMENT) 

A fence is blown over after remnants of Hurricane Ike swept through the area as workers prepare for the 37th Ryder Cup Championship at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky September 15, 2008. Play in the Ryder Cup begins on September 19. Preparations for next week's Ryder Cup were temporarily halted on Sunday as the remnants of Hurricane Ike swept across much of Kentucky. Winds gusting up to 90 kph (145 kms) blew a television tower on to the 12th green at Valhalla Golf Club, causing minor damage, and the on-course media centre was closed as a safety precaution. REUTERS/Jeff Haynes (UNITED STATES) 

James Welch looks down at the flood waters surrounding his home as winds from Hurricane Ike begin to pick up in Galveston, Texas September 12, 2008. Massive Hurricane Ike bore down on the Texas coast on Friday, driving a wall of water into seaside communities and threatening catastrophic damage. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES) 

A woman rests in a shelter set up at a former convent after being evacuated in Havana September 9, 2008. Strong winds howled in the streets of Havana and thousands huddled in shelters as Hurricane Ike made its second Cuban landfall on Tuesday on a path that began to look less threatening for the heart of U.S. oil production in the Gulf of Mexico. REUTERS/Claudia Daut(CUBA) 

An elderly man rests in a convent's shelter after being evacuated, as Hurricane Ike approaches, in Havana September 9, 2008. Strong wind gusts howled through blacked-out Havana and thousands huddled in shelters on Tuesday as Hurricane Ike churned toward western Cuba on a path that began to look less threatening for the heart of U.S. oil production in the Gulf of Mexico. REUTERS/Claudia Daut (CUBA) 

A man carries planks of wood as Hurricane Ike approaches in Havana September 8, 2008. Hurricane Ike is not yet weakening over Cuba and will likely reach the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 1 hurricane before taking aim at the oil-rich Texas-Louisiana coast later in the week, the U.S. National Hurricane Center forecast in its 11 a.m. EDT report on Monday. REUTERS/Stringer (CUBA) 

Residents of Key West Convalescent Center waits to be evacuated in preparation for Hurricane Ike in Key West, Florida September 7, 2008. Hurricane Ike barrelled toward Cuba as an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm on Sunday and was forecast to sweep into the central Gulf of Mexico as a large and powerful storm echoing Hurricane Gustav. The densely populated Miami-Fort Lauderdale area in south Florida seemed an increasingly less likely target, but visitors were ordered to flee the vulnerable Florida Keys island chain on Saturday. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (UNITED STATES) 

Residents clean up in the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav in Houma, Louisiana September 2, 2008. Hurricane Gustav weakened to a tropical storm and was expected to slow further and lose energy over the next day as it moves across Louisiana and into Texas, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Monday. REUTERS/Mark Wallheiser (UNITED STATES) 

U.S. President George W. Bush gathers with Air Force Personnel helping with Hurricane Gustav relief at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, September 1, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES) 

Riot policemen secure the venue of the 2008 Republican National Convention as protesters march by in St. Paul, Minnesota September 1, 2008. Thousands of exuberant, sign-waving protesters took to the streets of St. Paul on Monday, as Republicans opened their presidential nominating convention with an appeal for hurricane relief. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA)