Tag: Haiti
Second school collapses in Haiti, nine hurt
A two-storey school has partially collapsed in Haiti's capital, with at least nine people taken to hospitals, five days after another school collapse that killed 95 people, officials said.[MORE]
'No sign of life' in Haiti school rubble
Rescue workers say they have found "no sign of life" in the rubble of a Haitian school that collapsed last week.[MORE]
Minister arrested after 90 killed in Haiti school collapse
The owner and minister of the Haiti school church which collapsed killing more than 90 children and teachers has been arrested.[MORE]
Death toll rises in Haitian school collapse
The death toll from a school collapse in a Haiti rose to 82 after rescue workers uncovered another 20 dead.[MORE]
Rescuers scramble for survivors in Haiti school collapse
Rescue services are working through the night in Haiti trying to reach survivors trapped the collapse of a school.[MORE]
Death toll soars in Haitian school collapse
At least 50 people have died in the collapse of a school in the Haitian shanty town of Petion-ville, near the capital.[MORE]
A dozen dead after Haiti school collapse
More than a dozen people have been killed after a school in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince with 700 pupils collapsed, a police spokesman said.[MORE]
WFP struggles to find Haiti aid
The World Food Program (WFP) only has resources to help flood victims in Haiti through November and needs more money for the Caribbean country hit by four storms, the director of the UN agency said.[MORE]
UN figures show slight drop in young child deaths
The United Nations Children's Fund says more than 9 million children died last year before reaching their fifth birthday. [MORE]
Deadly Ike eyes Texas
Thousands of people have fled the Texas Gulf coast as deadly Hurricane Ike bears down, growing in power after ravaging Cuba and the Caribbean.[MORE]
Haiti assesses damage as Ike aims for Texas
Hurricane Ike is heading across the Gulf of Mexico towards Texas.[MORE]
Haiti hurricane death toll tops 100
More than 100 bodies have been found since Monday in Gonaives, the Haitian city hardest hit by Tropical Storm Hanna and Hurricane Ike, Vicky Delore-Ndjeuga, a spokesman for the UN Mission in Haiti said.[MORE]
Historic Havana battered by resurgent Ike
Hurricane Ike topples decrepit buildings in Havana as it rakes over western Cuba.[MORE]
Cuba to evacuate 170,000 from Ike's wrath
Cuba will evacuate 170,000 people from vulnerable parts of Havana, with Hurricane Ike still thrashing the island.[MORE]
Ike slams Cuba, Havana braced for return bout
Hurricane Ike moves off Cuba but is expected to return to batter the capital Havana later tonight.[MORE]
Hurricane Ike takes aim at Cuba
Cuba braced for a battering as Hurricane Ike races towards the coast.[MORE]
Hurricane Ike ravages Caribbean islands
Hurricane Ike has lashed the Turks and Caicos Islands and threatened to unleash its fury on the Bahamas, Cuba and the US Gulf Coast.[MORE]
Hurricane Ike upgraded to powerful category 4
A powerful hurricane which is bearing down on Haiti, Cuba and neighbouring parts of the Caribbean has strengthened to a category 4 storm. [MORE]
Death toll rising in storm-devastated Haiti
More bodies are being found hourly in storm-ravaged Haiti.[MORE]
Hanna lashes US coast as Hurricane Ike looms
Tropical Storm Hanna has made landfall on the border of the US states of South and North Carolina, US meteorologists said. [MORE]
495 bodies found as Haiti floodwaters recede
Haitian police have recovered 495 bodies in the wake of tropical storm Hanna.[MORE]
Aid arrives after storm devastates Haiti
The first significant aid delivery has arrived in Haiti to help tens of thousands of people struggling after last week's tropical storm caused widespread flooding. [MORE]
Hanna rolls toward US coast, as hurricane looms
Tropical Storm Hanna has closed in on the south-eastern US coast after leaving 136 dead in Haiti, as a powerful hurricane sweeps across the Atlantic, posing a potential threat to Caribbean islands and the United States.[MORE]
Hanna death toll rises, Hurricane Ike charges on
Tropical Storm Hanna's death toll from floods and mudslides in Haiti reaches 136 as powerful Hurricane Ike charges across the Atlantic.[MORE]
