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New-builds have sprung up on the hills, and traffic jams along the coast's route nationale are the norm.

Classic France: the insiders' guide 2011

• Perhaps not the best week for bloviators on Fox News to call for the abolition of the US's national weather service just because it's government-funded, but what are we to make of Republican God-botherer and would-be presidential candidate Michele Bachmann's suggestion that the east coast's hurricane was God's way of sending a message to America?

Stephen Bates's diary 2011

The Pacific coast's varied weather and relatively heavy, wet snowfall have led to a longstanding debate over how Whistler stacks up against Colorado's Vail Ski Resort, with its older pedigree and famously dry "champagne" powder.

The Best Skiing in North America Matt Schwartz 2011

The coast's skies presented enough of a genuine spectacle to leave even some adolescent mouths agape.

The Sky-What Limit? strannikov 2012

Poynter's Romanesko site surveyed what it deemed the best, singling out The Weather Channel, MSNBC and the North Carolina coast's ABC affiliate, WCTI-TV, as among the best.

Hurricane Irene Dominates the Airwaves 2011

Last year's oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico crippled most of the region's offshore-drilling industry, battered the coast's economy and hobbled one of the world's most powerful oil companies, BP PLC.

Halliburton Emerges From Gulf Disaster Unscathed Ben Casselman 2011

Hot plans were drafted to ride the wave of Pacific Rim trade to a place on the map with the west coast's own Big Dogs: L.A.,

Dry Rot 2010

The overturned rig is unrelated to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that threatens the coast's fragile ecosystem.

Louisiana Drilling Rig Overturns: Accident At Mobile Inland Drilling Unit 2010

Gulf residents were wary after weeks of failed efforts to stop the spill and downcast about the damage already done to the biologically rich Gulf and the coast's two leading industries, fishing and tourism.

BP Cites Progress On New Well Cap 2010

With an oil slick about one-third the size of Maryland growing offshore, the coast's most sought-after commodity has become the fluorescent-colored "containment boom."

Oil slick brings boom to the boom business 2010