Gustav kills 59 in Caribbean, aims at U.S
KINGSTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Gustav hit Jamaica with near hurricane-force winds on Thursday after killing at least 59 people elsewhere in the Caribbean, and was on a path to reach New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico oil fields as potentially a powerful hurricane.
Nations:U.S. Jamaica Haiti Dominican Republic Mexico Activities:2005 Hurricane Katrina 2008 Hurricane Gustav Source:(Reuters)
2008-08-28
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
Dean leaves Mexico relatively unscathed
It drove terror deep into Mexico, smashing ashore as the third most powerful Atlantic hurricane ever to hit land.
Nations:Mexico People:Felipe Calderon Activities:2007 Hurricane Dean 2005 Hurricane Katrina
2007-08-23
Dean's remnants drench central Mexico
The remnants of Hurricane Dean dumped heavy rain across central Mexico on Thursday, drenching mudslide-prone mountains as it pushed its way inland after slamming into the nation's Gulf Coast as a Category 2 storm.
Nations:Mexico Activities:2007 Hurricane Dean
2007-08-23
Dean races through Mexico's Gulf
Hurricane Dean raced through Mexico's southern Gulf on Wednesday, whipping up wild seas around oil platforms, but forecasters did not expect it to intensify sharply before hitting land again.
Nations:Mexico Venezuela People:Felipe Calderon Activities:2007 Hurricane Dean 2005 Hurricane Katrina
2007-08-22
Dean bears down on Mexico's oil industry
Hurricane Dean swept across the Yucatan peninsula Tuesday, toppling trees, power lines and houses as it bore down on the heart of Mexico's oil industry. Glitzy resorts on the Mayan Riviera were spared, but vulnerable Mayan villages were exposed to the full fury of one of history's most intense storms.
Nations:Canada Belize Mexico U.S. Jamaica Nicaragua People:Felipe Calderon Activities:2007 Hurricane Dean
2007-08-22
Category 5 Hurricane Dean slams Mexico
Hurricane Dean slammed into the Caribbean coast of Mexico on Tuesday as a roaring Category 5 hurricane, the most intense Atlantic storm to make landfall in two decades. It lashed ancient Mayan ruins and headed for the modern oil installations of the Yucatan Peninsula.
Nations:Mexico Canada Jamaica Nicaragua Honduras People:Felipe Calderon Stephen Harper Activities:2007 Hurricane Dean
2007-08-21
Caymans brace as Hurricane Dean nears
Frantic vacationers lined up at ticket counters and slept on the airport floor, rushing to leave the Cayman Islands ahead of an expected brush Monday from Hurricane Dean, which has left a deadly trail of destruction across the Caribbean.
Nations:Jamaica Mexico Dominican Republic Activities:2007 Hurricane Dean
2007-08-20
Hurricane Dean batters Jamaica
Hurricane Dean buffeted Jamaica's southern coast, flooding the capital and littering it with broken trees and roofs after killing nine people as it tore through the Caribbean on Monday toward Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
Nations:Mexico Jamaica Activities:2007 Hurricane Dean 2005 Hurricane Katrina
2007-08-20
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