Hurricane Florence has the potential to bring catastrophic flooding to areas of the eastern United States already soaked by heavy rain

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The will to win may well give the Jo’burg men the edge over one of Super Rugby’s strongest sides

Traditionalists will be happy to see that playing rugby the old-fashioned way pays off.

The Blues have lifted themselves to a 37-24, bonus point win over the Hurricanes in Super Rugby, severely denting the Hurricanes’ chances.

The Hurricanes have stretched their winning streak to three games, scoring three second-half tries to claim a record 39-20 win over the Blues.

Flyhalf Beauden Barrett exceeded 100 points for the season, kicking six penalties to lift the Hurricanes to a 25-20 win over the Bulls in Super Rugby.

The Cheetahs lost their way, skipper Adriaan Strauss admitted, after their 39-34 defeat to the Hurricanes in Bloemfontein.

All Black centre Conrad Smith was knocked out and taken to hospital as the Bulls blew past New Zealand’s Hurricanes 48-14 at Loftus on Saturday.

A second-half burst gave the Wellington Hurricanes maximum points over the New South Wales Waratahs with a 41-29 victory in their Super 15 clash.

Mark Hammett is prepared to put his side’s 46-30 victory over Southern Kings behind them and target bigger Super Rugby challenges down the road.

Hurricane Igor approached Bermuda on Saturday packing powerful winds as the island’s premier warned to prepare for "one of the worst hurricanes".

Rough weather whipped up by the season’s first Atlantic hurricane is disrupting clean-up of the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Tropical depression Alex picked up speed over the Gulf of Mexico and regained tropical storm strength on Sunday as two key oil ports remained closed.

Tropical Storm Alex made landfall in Belize Saturday night, dumping showers on northern Guatemala and the Yucatan Peninsula.

The Hurricanes have axed five players from Friday’s starting line-up in a desperate bid to halt the Bulls’ rampant charge in the Super 14.

The Chiefs welcome back Mils Muliaina and Sitiveni Sivivatu as they look to take advantage of the Bulls’ bye and go top of the Super 14 standings

Western Force’s run of injuries has continued, with loose forwards David Pocock and Richard Brown set to miss at least six weeks of the Super 14.

The Hurricanes slotted a record nine penalty kicks to beat the Auckland Blues 34-20 in the opening Super 14 match of the 2010 season on Friday.