In today's dollars those losses were about equivalent to the $20 billion racked up by the latest four storms.

Even before the latest storm broke, Republicans had made accusations of skulduggery.

These latest storms have caused flooding in many areas.

THE outlook wasn't sunny for the summit before the latest storm.

Behind them the sky rumbled and turned black, another late storm rolling down from the Blight.

But the latest storm reinforced the image of a Government out of control.

So it is unsurprising that as the latest storm approached, economists focused on the energy industry.

Almost all of her western face had been freshly plastered with snow by the late storm and she stood pristine.

Early reports suggested this latest storm was doing far less damage on the Island than its predecessor.

Many people at the scene expressed concern that with no end in sight to Venezuela's latest political storm, the atmosphere would only get worse.