Hurricane Ike Causes Chaos

Shafi Choudhury 4 years ago Region: United States

  Hurricane Ike has hit Texas, causing floods which go on for hundreds of miles, power lines cut and billions of dollars worth of damage. However, officials say that Ike had not been as bad as what they had though... more

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Caribbean: Ike Strikes

Global Voices 4 years ago Region: Haiti

 The 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season is not letting up. Beleaguered Caribbean islands like Cuba and Haiti barely had time to recover from the ravages of Hurricanes Gustav and Hanna when&nb... more

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Hurricane Ike weakens to Cat. 1 along Cuba coast

Suranjana Ghosh 4 years ago Region: United States

The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Ike has weakened to a Category 1 storm as it moves along Cuba's southern coast. At 5 p.m. EDT Monday, Ike's center was located about 45 miles southeast of Cienfuegos, Cuba. T... more

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Haiti, Jamacia: Hurricane Update

Global Voices 4 years ago Region: Jamaica

As the Caribbean territories that were hit by Hurricane Gustav begin their clean-up efforts, new storms threaten to disrupt these islands once again. Jamaica's YardFlex.com reports that Gustav actually split the Hope Rive... more

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Hurricane Bertha now is in Category 1

Suranjana Ghosh 4 years ago Region: United States

Hurricane Bertha has weakened once again to a Category 1 storm with maximum sustained winds at 90 mph and is heading toward Bermuda.U.S. National Weather Service’s 11 a.m. public advisory said. The first hurricane o... more

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Death Toll From Myanmar Cyclone Soars

Ground Report 5 years ago Region: Myanmar

Update In the wake of Myanmar's Cyclone Nargis, aid workers believe up to 50,000 may be dead and 1-2 million are homeless.  Already financial aid is flowing into the country, with President Bush making a personal sta... more

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