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The deadliest weather event of the year was the East African drought, with the resulting food shortages and famine killing more than 50,000 people, many of them children. [4] From March to August, a heat wave and drought persisted across much of the central United States, causing US$12 billion in damage and 95 deaths.
October 22, 1935 - A hurricane struck southeastern Cuba and later drifted back southwestward over the Caribbean. The storm killed four people. [14] October 18, 1944 - A hurricane struck the western tip of Cuba, producing a wind gust of 163 mph (262 km/h) in Havana. [15] Seven people died across Cuba from the storm. [16]
Haiti's unique position and geography in the Caribbean makes it especially vulnerable to many kinds of natural disasters. The most notable of these disasters are landfalls from tropical cyclones, major earthquakes (due to its position over an active fault line), and general flooding events (often accompanied with landslides that kill hundreds).
One year after a devastating earthquake rocked Haiti, volunteers join Haitians in remembering those lost and continuing their efforts to rebuild the torn down
The cyclogenesis of Tropical Storm Emily was complicated, extending over several days from late July into early August. An easterly tropical wave—an equatorward trough of low pressure—exited the west African coast in the fourth week of July, at which point it became largely embedded within the monsoon trough. [2]
International relations UNESCO becomes the first United Nations agency to admit Palestine as a full member, with the United States withdrawing funding in protest. (AFP via Adelaide Now) (CBS News) Law and crime A jury in the US state of Arizona convicts Mark Goodeau on all charges related to the Baseline Killer murders. (AP via Atlanta Journal Constitution) [permanent dead link ] Politics ...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — It's been a terrifying week for the people of Haiti, where gun battles between gangs and the police have gripped the capital, Port-au-Prince, and left bodies laying ...
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