Tropical depression Grace has strengthened into a storm again, causing floods across portions of the island of Hispaniola, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Tuesday. Grace, which is expected to gain hurricane strength within a couple of days, is located about 230 miles (370 kilometers) east of Montego Bay, Jamaica, packing maximum sustained…
Haiti Quake Death Toll Rises to 1,419, Injured Now at 6,000
LES CAYES, Haiti—A hospital in southwestern Haiti, where a powerful earthquake flattened homes, shops and other buildings over the weekend, was so overwhelmed with patients that many had to lie in patios, corridors, verandas, and hallways. Then a looming storm that could bring heavy rains Monday night forced officials to relocate them as best they…
Explainer: Why Haiti Is Prone to Devastating Earthquakes
Earthquakes have been wreaking havoc in Haiti since at least the 18th century, when the city of Port-au-Prince was destroyed twice in 19 years. Saturday’s powerful quake killed hundreds and injured thousands more. Eleven years earlier a temblor killed tens of thousands of people, if not hundreds of thousands. Haiti sits near the intersection of…
Haiti Braces for Grace, Florida for Fred as Storms Brew
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—Tropical Depression Grace drenched earthquake-damaged Haiti on Monday, threatening to dump up to 15 inches of rain on a landscape where people are huddling in fields and searching for survivors of a magnitude 7.2 earthquake. Tropical Storm Fred was strengthening off the northwest Florida coast, where forecasters said it could make landfall by…
Death Toll From Haiti Earthquake Soars to 1,297 as Tropical Storm Grace Approaches
The death toll from a magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti soared to at least 1,297 on Sunday as rescuers raced to find survivors amid the rubble ahead of a potential deluge from an approaching tropical storm. The latest death toll count from Haiti’s office of civil protection follows a previous figure of 724 dead following…
Death Toll From Haiti Earthquake Soars to 1,297 as Tropical Depression Grace Approaches
The death toll from a magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti soared to at least 1,297 on Sunday as rescuers raced to find survivors amid the rubble ahead of a potential deluge from an approaching tropical storm. The latest death toll count from Haiti’s office of civil protection follows a previous figure of 724 dead following…
Colombian Businessman Carlos Ardila Lulle Dies Age 91
BOGOTA—Carlos Ardila Lulle, one of Colombia’s richest businessmen and owner of a conglomerate including sugar mills, broadcasters, and a soccer team, died on Friday of natural causes aged 91 years old, the company said. Ardila Lulle, who was born in 1930 in the city of Bucaramanga, died in a hospital in Cali, Colombia’s third-largest city,…
More Than 1,200 Killed, Thousands Injured After 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Haiti
Update on Sunday Aug. 15: The death toll from a magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti soared to at least 1,297 Sunday as rescuers raced to find survivors amid the rubble ahead of a potential deluge from an approaching tropical storm. Saturday’s earthquake also left at least 2,800 people injured in the Caribbean nation, with thousands more displaced…
At Least 1,200 Killed, Thousands Injured After 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Haiti
Update on Sunday Aug. 15: The death toll from a magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti soared to at least 1,297 Sunday as rescuers raced to find survivors amid the rubble ahead of a potential deluge from an approaching tropical storm. Saturday’s earthquake also left at least 2,800 people injured in the Caribbean nation, with thousands more displaced…
More Than 700 Killed, Thousands Injured After 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Haiti
Update on Sunday Aug. 15: The death toll from a magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti soared on Sunday. Saturday’s earthquake left at least 724 dead and 2,800 injured, with thousands more displaced from their destroyed or damaged homes. Survivors in some areas were forced to shelter in streets or soccer fields with the few belongings…
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