Hurricane Sandy kills 41 in Caribbean
Hurricane Sandy, a late-season Atlantic storm unlike anything seen in more than two decades, slogged slowly toward the US East Coast on Friday (Saturday NZT) after killing at least 41 people as it cut...
View ArticleHurricane Tomas kills seven in Haiti
By MATTHEW BIGG, Reuters PORT-AU-PRINCE - Hurricane Tomas soaked Haiti's crowded earthquake survivors' camps and swamped coastal towns Friday, triggering flooding and mudslides that killed at least...
View ArticleTropical Storm Emily barrels towards fragile Haiti
Haitians stand in a makeshift camp in Port-au-Prince in September 2010. Hai... This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite image... A Haitian collects usable bricks from a...
View ArticleSix months after quake, Haiti boosts its food security with UN help
Food for Work programmes are helping Haitians in rural areas repair damage from the earthquake8 July 2010 Six months after being devastated by a massive earthquake, Haiti is on the road towards...
View ArticleHeavy rains plunge Haiti into despair
Port-au-Prince - A storm unleashed torrential rains, mudslides and flooding in Haiti, killing at least 10 people, Haitian officials said on Tuesday after thunderstorms pounded several Caribbean...
View ArticleTropical Storm Emily on path toward Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Rain and wind gusts from the outer bands of Tropical Storm Emily struck Puerto Rico on Tuesday as the storm system gathered strength on a track that threatened the Dominican...
View ArticleHaiti dodges storm disaster, urgent needs remain
PORT-AU-PRINCE - Earthquake-hit Haiti escaped a fresh disaster threatened by Hurricane Tomas, but the storm caused flooding, forced thousands from their homes and increased humanitarian challenges...
View ArticleTomas loses hurricane status after soaking Haiti
JONATHAN M. KATZ The Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Hurricane Tomas was downgraded to a tropical storm early Saturday as it passed over the Turks and Caicos Islands, losing steam a day after...
View ArticleHaiti says "open for business" with new government
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti is "open for business" after its parliament approved a new government's ambitious plan to relaunch the economy after last year's catastrophic earthquake, Haitian...
View ArticleStorm threatens heavy rains in Haiti
Port-au-Prince - Tropical Storm Emily broke apart over the mountains of Haiti and Dominican Republic on Thursday but its remnants still packed rains threatening flash floods and mudslides in the...
View Article>Isaac aims for vulnerable Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Tropical Storm Isaac strengthened slightly as it spun toward the Dominican Republic and vulnerable Haiti on Friday, threatening to bring punishing rains but unlikely to...
View ArticleStorm Emily breaks up over Haiti
Tropical Storm Emily has broken apart over the mountains of Haiti and the Dominican Republic but its remnants still packed rains threatening flash floods and mudslides in the neighbouring Caribbean...
View ArticleHaiti dodges storm disaster as cholera toll rises
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Earthquake-hit Haiti escaped a fresh disaster threatened by Hurricane Tomas, but the storm caused flooding that killed eight people and increased the contagion threat from a...
View ArticleIsaac aims for vulnerable Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Tropical Storm Isaac strengthened slightly as it spun toward the Dominican Republic and vulnerable Haiti on Friday, threatening to bring punishing rains but unlikely to gain...
View ArticleHaiti braces for tropical storm; cholera strain likely from Asia
Port-au-Prince, Haiti/Geneva - A tropical storm heading towards Haiti raised an alarm Tuesday even as the world health community struggled to stem a cholera outbreak on the Caribbean island. The...
View ArticleTropical Storm Isaac Hurtles Towards Haiti
Haiti is bracing for the arrival of Tropical Storm Isaac with forecasters warning of severe flooding as it hurtles towards a country still suffering after the 2010 earthquake. Tropical Storm Isaac was...
View ArticleStorm damages crops in Haiti, fueling food price woes
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) - As Hurricane Sandy barreled toward the U.S. East Coast on Monday, the full extent of the storm's havoc on Haiti was just beginning to emerge. Extensive damage to...
View ArticleHuge tropical storm whips Haiti
Tropical Storm Emily whipped southern Haiti with winds and rains Thursday as hundreds of thousands huddled in squalid makeshift camps, some perched precariously on bare, slippery hillsides. After...
View ArticleHaiti country profile
Haiti became the world's first black-led republic and the first independent Caribbean state when it threw off French colonial control and slavery in a series of wars in the early 19th century....
View ArticleHaiti braces for brunt of storm 'Emily'
Lashing rain and wind from the edge of Tropical Storm Emily have hit Haiti, triggering panic among scores of people living in squalid makeshift camps. US weather experts warned of "torrential rain"...
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