5 children, woman found dead in Fla. apartment
NAPLES, Fla. - The husband of a woman found dead in a Florida apartment along with her five young children boarded a flight for Haiti, and police said Sunday the couple had a history of domestic violence calls to their homes over the past decade.
Nations:Haiti U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-09-20
Hurricane Bill gathers strength out in Atlantic
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The first hurricane of this year's Atlantic season gathered force far out to sea Monday, while two weaker storm systems drenched the northeastern Caribbean and the Florida Panhandle with rain.
Nations:Haiti U.S. Dominican Republic Activities:2009 Hurricane Bill Source:(AP)
2009-08-17
Boat with Haitians capsizes, 113 saved, 85 missing
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos - An overloaded sailboat carrying Haitian migrants sank off the Turks and Caicos Islands and as many as 85 people are missing, the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday.
Nations:Haiti U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-07-28
Death toll climbs to 75 in Haiti school collapse
PETIONVILLE, Haiti - International rescue teams joined the search for survivors Saturday in the rubble of a Haitian school that collapsed on classrooms filled with students and teachers, killing at least 75 people.
Nations:Haiti Source:(AP)
2008-11-08
Deadly Ike rakes Cuba, could hit Havana head-on
CAMAGUEY, Cuba - Hurricane Ike roared across Cuba on Monday, tearing off roofs and sending waves crashing into buildings, as 900,000 Cubans fled to shelters or higher ground and Havana residents in decaying historic buildings prepared for a direct hit.
Nations:Cuba Haiti Mexico U.S. People:Fidel Castro Activities:2008 Hurricane Ike Source:(AP)
2008-09-08
Ike blasts Turks and Caicos, floods Haiti again
NASSAU, Bahamas - Ike ripped off roofs, swept away boats and collapsed a bridge on the last road into a flooded Haitian city on Sunday as it roared over the southern Bahamas as a ferocious Category 4 hurricane. The Florida Keys evacuated and Cuba prepared for a direct hit.
Nations:Haiti U.S. Mexico Activities:2008 Hurricane Ike Source:(AP)
2008-09-07
Powerful Hurricane Ike looms as trouble for Gulf
KEY WEST, Fla. - Powerful Hurricane Ike rolled down an uncertain path Sunday that may lead to the U.S. Gulf Coast late this week, forcing emergency officials to pay attention and leaving millions of people from Florida to Mexico to wonder where it will eventually strike.
Nations:U.S. Cuba Haiti Mexico Activities:2008 Hurricane Ike Source:(AP)
2008-09-07
Powerful storm raises fears from Caribbean to Gulf
KEY WEST, Fla. - "Extremely dangerous" Hurricane Ike grew to fierce Category 4 strength Saturday as it roared on an uncertain path that forced millions from the Caribbean to Florida, and Louisiana to Mexico, to nervously wonder where it would eventually strike.
Nations:U.S. Mexico Cuba Haiti Activities:2008 Hurricane Ike 2008 Hurricane Hanna 2008 Hurricane Gustav Source:(AP)
2008-09-06
Eyeing tourism, Haiti battles its violent reputation
PortAuPrince, Haiti - Kidnappings, gang violence, drug trafficking, corrupt police, flaming road blockades. The reports out of the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere are enough to keep the most adventurous traveler away.
Nations:Dominican Republic Jamaica Brazil Cuba Mexico U.S. Source:(Christian Science Monitor)
2008-06-21
Food Prices: Hunger Strikes
As the sun sets over Nairobi's sprawling Kibera slum, a sweet smell wafts through a small house where Malahasen Juma is cooking dinner for her eight children: a handful of onions, chopped and tossed into a pot of steaming maize porridge and leftover vegetables. Until recently Juma would spice up suppers with beef or fish stews. But not now. "Everything is more expensive," she says. "The children need milk, but I cannot afford that. Meat is a luxury now, not a necessity. We are just living at God's mercy."
Nations:India Somalia Uganda Myanmar China Niger People:Ban Ki-moon Robert Zoellick George W. Bush Activities:Global Food Crisis Source:(Time)
2008-06-11
Deadly Atlantic storm heads toward US
Hurricane Noel, the deadliest storm to hit the Atlantic this year, is not expected to gain strength in the next 24 hours as it tracks northward toward the U.S., but forecasters said Friday it may grow in size.
Nations:Dominican Republic Cuba Haiti Jamaica U.S.
2007-11-02
Felix becomes Category 4 hurricane
Hurricane Felix strengthened into a dangerous Category 4 storm Sunday as it toppled trees and flooded homes on a cluster of Dutch islands before churning its way into the open waters of the Caribbean.
Nations:Mexico Honduras Jamaica Activities:2007 Hurricane Felix 2007 Hurricane Dean
2007-09-02
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