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  • September 2008

    • Haitians Starving in Hanna Hell

      Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 5, 08 2:20 AM CDT

      Haitians Starving in Hanna Hell

      (Newser) - Impoverished Haiti is reeling from the devastation of a series of tropical storms and hurricanes, with refugees starving on rooftops in flood-ravaged areas, reports the Guardian . Faced with washed-out roads and winds too strong for helicopters, UN aide workers are using inflatable boats to reach at least some survivors. The storms have killed 136 in Haiti and left thousands homeless. More »

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      United Nations  • Cuba  • Hurricane Gustav  • Haiti  • Hurricane Hanna  • Hurricane Ike  • hurricanes  • Tropical Storm Fay

    • Ike Spikes to Cat 4, Deadly Hanna Churns Toward US

      Associated Press  |  Sep 4, 08 2:25 AM CDT

      Ike Spikes to Cat 4, Deadly Hanna Churns Toward US

      (Newser) - Two major storms are churning across the Atlantic, with their chances of striking the US still unclear. Hurricane Ike has rapidly strengthened to a raging Category 4, while Tropical Storm Hanna is now battering the Bahamas after killing 26 in Haiti. Hanna could hit the US  Saturday anywhere between Georgia and North Carolina, reports AP. Ike’s path is still uncertain.  More »

    • Hanna Drenches Waterlogged Haiti

      Associated Press  |  Sep 3, 08 2:16 PM CDT

      Hanna Drenches Waterlogged Haiti

      (AP) - Far-reaching Tropical Storm Hanna drenched flood-plagued Haiti today, adding to the miseries of a country that has lost 110 lives to mudslides and flooding since mid-August. The storm was expected to sweep across the Bahamas and then start climbing along the US coastline by the weekend, with a 20% chance it could bring strong winds as far north as New York. More »

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      New York City  • weather  • Haiti  • tropical storms  • Tropical Storm Hanna

  • August 2008

    • Gustav Slams Jamaica as Gulf Coast Braces

      CNN  |  Aug 29, 08 7:46 AM CDT

      Gustav Slams Jamaica as Gulf Coast Braces

      (Newser) - Tropical Storm Gustav pummeled Jamaica today with 65mph winds and may build to a category 3 storm by the time it reaches Cuba tomorrow, CNN reports. The storm killed some 51 in Haiti and eight in the Dominican Republic yesterday. Officials in the National Hurricane Center’s “cone of uncertainty” from Texas to Florida are preparing for a hit as Gustav heads toward Grand Cayman. More »

    • Gustav Kills 11, Weakens

      Associated Press  |  Aug 27, 08 11:09 AM CDT

      Gustav Kills 11, Weakens

      (AP) - Thousands fled their homes as Hurricane Gustav triggered flooding and landslides that killed at least 11 people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti before weakening to a tropical storm, but forecasters said today that he still represents a major threat to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. They suggested the storm could head toward the US Gulf Coast as a dangerous Category 3 hurricane next week—with a likely forecast track pointing toward Louisiana. More »

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      United States  • Mexico  • Cuba  • weather  • Hurricane Gustav  • Latin America  • Caribbean  • Haiti  • tropical storms  • Dominican Republic  • Jamaica  • Royal Dutch Shell

    • Hurricane Gustav to Hit Haiti

      Bloomberg  |  Aug 26, 08 7:48 AM CDT

      Hurricane Gustav to Hit Haiti

      (Newser) - Hurricane Gustav is expected to make landfall in Haiti later today, Bloomberg reports, buffeting a country already hard hit by Tropical Storm Fay earlier this month. Gustav was upgraded from a tropical storm earlier this morning, after strengthening over the Caribbean. The National Hurricane Center said that preparations should “be rushed to completion,” warning of possible “life-threatening flash floods and mud slides.” More »

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      Cuba  • weather  • storm  • hurricane  • Hurricane Gustav  • Haiti  • Jamaica  • National Hurricane Center

    • Fla. Keys Unfazed by Fay

      Associated Press  |  Aug 18, 08 6:11 PM CDT

      Fla. Keys Unfazed by Fay

      (Newser) - Tropical Storm Fay has scared off tourists but left laid-back Florida Key residents unconcerned, the AP reports. "We're not worried about it. We've seen this movie before," said one Floridian who was stocking up on food and whiskey today. The storm that killed at least eight in Haiti and the Dominican Republic did lash the Keys today, and will likely hit the mainland at hurricane strength tomorrow. More »

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      Florida  • Cuba  • Haiti  • Tropical Storm Fay  • Florida Keys

    • Fay May Hit Fla. as Hurricane

      Miami Herald  |  Aug 17, 08 6:45 AM CDT

      Fay May Hit Fla. as Hurricane

      (Newser) - Tourists were ordered to evacuate the Florida Keys this morning, as Tropical Storm Fay, which has already killed six in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, is expected to hit the Keys as soon as midnight tonight, the Miami Herald reports. With winds at 50mph and rising, Fay could be a Category 1 hurricane by the time it hits the Keys and heads for the west coast of the state, forecasters say. More »

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      Florida  • Cuba  • Haiti  • tropical storms  • Dominican Republic  • Florida Keys

    • Storm Kills 4 in Haiti; Fla. Preps for 'Disaster'

      Associated Press  |  Aug 16, 08 4:39 PM CDT

      Storm Kills 4 in Haiti; Fla. Preps for 'Disaster'

      (AP) - Flooding from Tropical Storm Fay killed four people in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and authorities warned Saturday that the storm could reach hurricane strength as it barreled toward Cuba. Florida's Gov. Charlie Crist declared a state of emergency and said Fay threatened the state with a "major disaster." Forecasters said Fay could bring hurricane-force winds to the Florida Keys as soon as Monday. More »

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      Florida  • Cuba  • storm  • Haiti  • state of emergency

  • July 2008
  • April 2008

    • Haitian Senate Sacks Prime Minister

      BBC  |  Apr 13, 08 7:00 AM CDT

      Haitian Senate Sacks Prime Minister

      (Newser) - Amid skyrocketing food prices and deadly riots in Haiti, the country's senate has voted to oust Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis. President Rene Preval, who appointed his ally Alexis in 2006 to lead the country's coalition government, must now choose a new cabinet. The vote came in spite of a recently announced 16% drop in the price of rice, BBC reports. More »

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      United Nations  • food prices  • Haiti  • food riots  • no confidence  • Rene Preval

    • Haitians Protest as Food Prices Soar

      Reuters  |  Apr 9, 08 12:46 PM CDT

      Haitians Protest as Food Prices Soar

      (Newser) - Hungry Haitians attacked the presidential palace yesterday, demanding the resignation of President Rene Preval over soaring food prices, Reuters reports. UN peacekeepers fired rubber bullets and tear gas to control the angry mob; a week of protests has killed five people and paralyzed the impoverished capital. “If we are not killed by bullets we'll die of hunger," said one protester. More »

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      protests  • Caribbean  • riots  • Haiti  • food riots  • Rene Preval

  • March 2008

    • Obama Inspires Caribbean Serenade

      Miami Herald  |  Mar 28, 08 5:55 PM CDT

      Obama Inspires Caribbean Serenade

      (Newser) - Barack Obama is inspiring tropical love songs, the Miami Herald reports, and the tunes—from Trinidad calypso king the Mighty Sparrow’s Barack the Magnificent to Jamaican reggae fixture Cocoa Tea’s Barak Obahama —are firing up YouTube. The songs are also a signal of the Illinois Democrat's popularity outside the US, particularly in Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Cuba  • Caribbean  • Haiti  • Obama Girl  • reggae  • Trinidad

  • December 2007
  • November 2007
  • October 2007

    • Noel Deaths and Damage Mount

      Miami Herald  |  Oct 31, 07 2:29 PM CDT

      Noel Deaths and Damage Mount

      (Newser) - The death toll from Tropical Storm Noel rose to 59 in the Caribbean today, with the storm moving on from Cuba and headed towards the Bahamas, the Miami Herald reported today. The Dominican Republic's government reported 41 dead with 20 more missing, and Haitian authorities, who had previously reported no deaths from the storm, confirmed 18 fatalities. More »

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      Cuba  • Haiti  • Dominican Republic  • Bahamas  • Tropical Storm Noel

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