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Danica Coto

Tens of thousands of customers remained without power across Puerto Rico on Tuesday, a week after Ernesto swiped the U.S. territory as a tropical storm. Authorities pledged to restore electricity to everyone by the weekend.

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Tens of thousands remain without power in Puerto Rico, a week after tropical storm swiped the island

August 20, 2024 at 2:36 p.m.

Tens of thousands of customers remained without power across Puerto Rico on Tuesday, a week after Ernesto swiped the U.S. territory as a tropical storm. Authorities pledged to restore electricity...

Hurricane Ernesto barreled toward Bermuda on Thursday after leaving hundreds of thousands of people in Puerto Rico without power or water as sweltering heat enveloped the U.S. territory, raising concerns about people’s health.

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Ernesto grows into Cat 2 hurricane as it aims for Bermuda, leaving many in Puerto Rico without power

August 15, 2024 at 11:10 p.m.

Hurricane Ernesto barreled toward Bermuda on Thursday after leaving hundreds of thousands of people in Puerto Rico without power or water as sweltering heat enveloped the U.S. territory, raising concerns...

Tropical Storm Ernesto dropped torrential rain on Puerto Rico on Wednesday and left hundreds of thousands of people without power in the U.S. territory as it threatened to strengthen into a major hurricane en route to Bermuda.

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Hurricane Ernesto drops torrential rain on Puerto Rico as it strengthens heading toward Bermuda

August 15, 2024 at 3:04 a.m.

Tropical Storm Ernesto dropped torrential rain on Puerto Rico on Wednesday and left hundreds of thousands of people without power in the U.S. territory as it threatened to strengthen into...

Tropical Storm Ernesto battered the northeast Caribbean on Tuesday as it took aim at Puerto Rico, where officials shuttered schools and government agencies.

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A strengthening Ernesto is poised to become a hurricane after brushing past Puerto Rico

August 13, 2024 at 11:00 p.m.

Tropical Storm Ernesto battered the northeast Caribbean on Tuesday as it took aim at Puerto Rico, where officials shuttered schools and government agencies.

The storm was expected to make landfall in the Windward Islands late Monday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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Hurricane Beryl grows to Category 5 strength as it razes southeast Caribbean islands

July 2, 2024 at 2:09 a.m.

The storm was expected to make landfall in the Windward Islands late Monday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Hurricane Beryl is forecast to strengthen into a powerful Category 4 storm as it approaches the southeast Caribbean, which began shutting down Sunday amid urgent pleads from government officials for people to take shelter.

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Dangerous Hurricane Beryl restrengthens to Category 4 off Grenada

July 1, 2024 at 9:49 a.m.

Hurricane Beryl is forecast to strengthen into a powerful Category 4 storm as it approaches the southeast Caribbean, which began shutting down Sunday amid urgent pleads from government officials for...

A family member says a U.S. missionary couple and a Haitian man who worked with them were shot and killed by gang members in Haiti’s capital who attacked them as they left a youth group activity held at a local church. Police union head Lionel Lazarre says the attack happened Thursday evening in the community of Lizon in northern Port-au-Prince. The slayings occurred as the capital crumbles under the relentless assault of violent gangs that control 80% of Port-au-Prince while authorities await the arrival of a police force from Kenya as part of a U.N.-backed deployment aimed at quelling gang violence in the troubled Caribbean country.

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Young missionary couple from US among 3 killed by gunmen in Haiti’s capital, family says

May 24, 2024 at 7:24 p.m.

A family member says a U.S. missionary couple and a Haitian man who worked with them were shot and killed by gang members in Haiti’s capital who attacked them as...

Haiti’s main international airport has reopened nearly three months after gang violence forced authorities to close it. The reopening Monday of the Toussaint-Louverture airport in Port-au-Prince is expected to help ease a critical shortage of medications and other basic supplies. The country’s main seaport remains badly affected. Gangs control 80% of the capital. U.S.-based airlines are not expected to start using the airport until late May or early June. In recent weeks, U.S. military planes have landed with civilian contractors to help Haiti prepare for the arrival of foreign forces expected to help quell the violence.

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Haiti’s main airport reopens nearly 3 months after gang violence forced it closed

May 20, 2024 at 10:13 p.m.

Haiti’s main international airport has reopened nearly three months after gang violence forced authorities to close it. The reopening Monday of the Toussaint-Louverture airport in Port-au-Prince is expected to help...

Haiti has opened a new political chapter with the installation of a transitional council tasked with picking a new prime minister and preparing for eventual presidential elections, in hopes of quelling spiraling gang violence that has killed thousands in the Caribbean country. Thursday's swearing in coincided with the departure of Ariel Henry, who presented his resignation in a letter signed in Los Angeles, dated April 24. It was released on Thursday by his office on the same day that his remaining Cabinet chose Economy and Finance Minister Michel Patrick Boisvert as the interim prime minister. It was not immediately clear when the transitional council would select its own interim prime minister.

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With fear and hope, Haiti warily welcomes new governing council as gang-ravaged country seeks peace

April 25, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

Haiti has opened a new political chapter with the installation of a transitional council tasked with picking a new prime minister and preparing for eventual presidential elections, in hopes of...

Authorities in the eastern Caribbean are scouring waters in the region in hopes of finding a missing U.S. couple who were aboard their catamaran Simplicity when police say it was hijacked by three escaped prisoners from Grenada.

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What to know about the couple who sailed from Hampton, now missing in the Caribbean

February 27, 2024 at 3:04 p.m.

Authorities in the eastern Caribbean are scouring waters in the region in hopes of finding a missing U.S. couple who were aboard their catamaran Simplicity when police say it was...

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