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A record 6.3 million people evacuated as Florida awaits Hurricane Irma

09/09/2017

World News

Irma lashes Caribbean as it heads for US mainland

Residents of the US state of Florida are making last minute preparations for Hurricane Irma. The superstorm is predicted to hit the US mainland as early as Saturday.

08/09/2017

World News

Live updates: Hurricane Irma heading for Florida after tearing through Caribbean

The category five storm is expected to affect as many as 26 million people before blowing itself out.

08/09/2017

World News

Hurricane Irma 'could drop to Cat. 4' when reaches Florida

07/09/2017

World News

Deadly Hurricane Irma barrels towards Florida

Hurricane Irma wreaks havoc in the Caribbean

07/09/2017

World News

Hurricane Irma devastates Antilles

07/09/2017

USA

Irma barrels across the Caribbean

The fierce winds, surf and rain are en route for a possible landfall in Florida at the weekend.

06/09/2017

World News

US braces for Hurricane Irma

US braces for Hurricane Irma

06/09/2017

USA

Florida gets ready for Hurricane Irma

Hurricane Irma is now a dangerous Category 5 storm - the most powerful seen in the Atlantic in over a decade. And it's now barrelling toward the Caribbean and southern United States.

05/09/2017

Jamaica

Warming seas and Jamaica's disappearing beach

It is one of Jamaica's most treasured attractions and has appeared in numerous documentaries and travelogues about the island.

27/03/2017

Haiti

Haiti's ex-president Rene Preval dies at 74

The former Haitian president Rene Preval has died at the age of 74.

04/03/2017

Dominican Republic

Latin American leaders blast Trump border wall

Leaders of Latin American and Caribbean countries have denounced the new US President's tough immigration policies and border wall project.

26/01/2017

Haiti

Haiti elects new president

Provisional results suggest Jovenel Moise has won the presidential election in Haiti. The political novice has won a majority in the first round, avoiding a second round runoff.

29/11/2016

World News

Matthew powers towards Bahamas and Florida

After battering Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Hurricane Matthew, the fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade, is powering towards the Bahamas and Florida.

05/10/2016

Cuba

Hurricane Matthew sweeps across the Caribbean

Dom.

05/10/2016

Haiti

Hurricane Matthew batters the Caribbean

Haiti, Cuba and Jamaica are bracing for "catastrophic" floods and mudslides that forecasters fear will be triggered by the storm's 230 kph winds and a metre of rainfall.

04/10/2016

Jamaica

Jamaica braces for Hurricane Matthew

It’s the fiercest storm to cross the Caribbean for years – and it has Jamaica in its sights.

02/10/2016

Haiti

Haiti swears in provisional president

Haiti's interim president takes office vowing to handover to a newly elected leader on may 14.

15/02/2016

Haiti

OAS observers back Haiti poll despite irregularities

International observers have criticised Haiti’s parliamentary election, saying the vote was marred by irregularities, Two people reportedly died on

12/08/2015

Netherlands

Hague police detain 200 as riots continue over death of arrested man

A week of unrest has continued in the Hague with a fourth successive night of rioting following the death of a Caribbean man in police custody. Dutch

03/07/2015