Haiti, Hurricane Melissa
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The Cap-Haïtien region boasts many world-renowned historic sites. Yet foreign visitors have become increasingly scarce in what is known as the country's 'tourism capital,' as Haiti faces a deep political and security crisis.
Haiti has reported three deaths and six injuries caused by landslides and flooding as Tropical Storm Melissa continues to pound several regions. Civil Protection officials report material damage across multiple departments as authorities warn of more heavy rain,
People across the northern Caribbean are digging out from the destruction caused by Hurricane Melissa as deaths from the storm climbed.
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Bryan Norcross: Devastation in Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti as Melissa swipes at Bermuda tonight
Communication systems are down, so we still don't know the total breadth and depth of the catastrophe in Jamaica. But what we know is horrible. The western half of the island was devastated.
Hurricane Melissa hit Haiti’s West department, killing at least 20 people, including 10 children, and leaving others missing. As of Wednesday, the unofficial death toll was 23 since the storm first began pummeling the country.
In Haiti, 25 people died after the La Digue river burst its banks and flooded into nearby homes, causing many to collapse in the coastal town of Petit-Goâve, Mayor Jean Bertrand Subrème confirmed to the Associated Press. He noted that there were still several people who were trapped as of Wednesday, Oct. 29.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s newly selected prime minister, Garry Conille, was hospitalized late Saturday in the capital of Port-au-Prince just days after arriving in the country, the government said. It wasn’t immediately known why Conille ...
With three months remaining in Haiti's rocky political transition, United Nations Security Council members are calling on the country's leaders and politicians to quickly set aside their differences and avoid a political vacuum.
Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm -- making it the strongest storm ever recorded to hit the island with winds up to 185 mph and up to 40 inches of rain expected.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The president of Haiti’s transitional presidential council announced Thursday that he supports a U.N. peacekeeping mission to fight gang violence still overwhelming authorities. It was the first public support announced by ...
After a two-year absence, Haiti is returning to the Miss Universe competition, represented by Haitian-American beauty queen Melissa Queenie Sapini, who hopes to bring global visibility to her country with her message: “When Haiti rises,