Category: Americas

Hurricane Kills 14 in St Lucia

At least 14 people are now known to have died on the Caribbean island of St Lucia after Hurricane

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Haiti to Evacuate Tent Cities

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) – Haiti on Monday prepared to evacuate tens of thousands ahead of the likely arrival this week

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Hurricane Tomas Heads for Haiti

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – No longer a hurricane, Tropical Storm Tomas swirled over warm Caribbean waters early Monday and

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Hurricane Tomas Batters Barbados

MIAMI (AFP) – Hurricane Tomas churned across the Caribbean on Sunday after battering Barbados and Saint Lucia with strong

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Better Monitoring Urged For Oceans

Ocean scientists urged governments on Sunday to invest billions of dollars by 2015 in a new system to monitor

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Hurricane Shary Passing Bermuda

HAMILTON, Bermuda – Bermuda urged islanders to secure their boats as Shary strengthened to become a hurricane Saturday, but

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US Pledges 2 Million for Indonesia

Ambassador Scot Marciel has announced that the U.S. Government Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) will provide USD 2

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River Amazon: Brazil Runs Dry

Video Report: A severe drought pushes river levels in Brazil's Amazon region to record lows, isolating communities and strangling

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BP Blamed For Skipping Cement Test

Halliburton admitted skipping a key cement test before the catastrophic Gulf of Mexico blowout, as the oil services behemoth

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Tropical Storm Heads for Bermuda

MIAMI – A tropical storm warning has been issued for Bermuda as Tropical Storm Shary approaches in the Atlantic. Shary's

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