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2004
DECEMBER
December 31, 2004
Tsunami
Disaster
Dan Rivers of Independent Television News provides an update from
Banda Aceh on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Ian Williams of ITN follows up
with how the islands of Phuket and Koh Phi Phi are coping with the tsunamis. And
ITN's Philip Reay Smith files a report from Sri Lanka's capital Colombo.
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December
30, 2004
Tsunami
Disaster
Independent Television News reports on the ongoing relief efforts
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December 30, 2004
Recovery
in Indonesia
Margaret Warner speaks with Zamira Loebis, a stringer for Time
magazine in Indonesia who just traveled to the city of Banda Aceh. Then, Soemadi
Brotodiningrat, Indonesian ambassador to the United States, discusses what needs
to be done to help the survivors. |
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December 29, 2004
Health
Risks
Health officials have warned that just as many people may die from diseases
caused by the tsunamis as did in the initial disaster. Margaret Warner speaks
with Dr. David Nabarro, Head of Crisis Operations for the World Health Organization
in Geneva, Switzerland, about the risks of waterborne diseases spreading to survivors
of the tsunamis. |
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December 29, 2004
Sri
Lanka's Suffering
Devinda Subasinghe, Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the United
States, discusses the devastation from the tsunamis and the efforts to aid those
survivors with Margaret Warner. |
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December 28, 2004
Disaster
Relief
With South Asia tsunami death tolls exceeding 50,000, international
relief agencies struggle to reach survivors. Kwame Holman gives an update on the
disaster. Independent Television News reports on the latest relief efforts in
Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Then, |
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December 28, 2004
Disaster
Relief
Margaret Warner then speaks with Paul Watson of the Los Angeles Times,
who is in Madras, India. |
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December 28, 2004
Sending
Aid
Margaret Warner leads a discussion on the best way to get emergency relief
to the countries hit by the massive waves with Ray Offenheiser, president of Oxfam
America, and Ken Hackett, president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services. |
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December
27, 2004
Killer
Waves
Paul Davies of Independent Television News gives an overview of the
devastating earthquake and tsunamis that hit southern Asia on Sunday. |
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December
27, 2004
Science
of Tsunamis
Jim Devine, a senior science advisor to the director of the U.S.
Geological Survey, and Gail Neudorf, the deputy emergency director at CARE, a
global humanitarian group, discuss how the disaster came to be and what is being
done in its wake. Adrian Britton of Independent Television News discusses the
tsunami experience in Thailand. |
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December 27, 2004
Humanitarian
Crisis
Gwen Ifill speaks with Jan Egeland, emergency relief coordinator and
undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs at the United Nations. |
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December
24, 2004
After
the Storm
Correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on efforts in Florida communities
to return to normal during the holidays after the summer's destructive hurricanes.
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NOVEMBER
November 19, 2004
Recovery
Effort
Betty Ann Bowser looks at how Haiti is rebuilding after the
devastating Hurricane Jeanne. |
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SEPTEMBER
September 29, 2004
Havoc
in Haiti
Haitians are struggling to survive in the devastating aftermath
of Hurricane Jeanne. Jeffrey Brown leads a discussion on relief efforts in Haiti
with Peter Bell, president and CEO of Care International, and Jared Hoffman, regional
director for Latin America and Caribbean Operations for Catholic Relief Services.
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September 27, 2004
State
of Siege
Florida is once again trying to recover from the latest hurricane,
Jeanne, which battered the already overwhelmed state over the weekend. Jeffrey
Brown discusses Jeanne's impact on Florida with Michael Brown, director of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, and then gets a scientific perspective from
Dr. Gerry Bell, lead scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's
Seasonal Atlantic Hurricane Outlook. |
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September 17, 2004
Storm
Weary
Florida residents worked Friday to recover from three hurricanes
in five weeks. Ray Suarez speaks with Peter Teahan, a spokesman for the American
Red Cross who has been working in the state during all three hurricanes, and Marty
Donovan, a Pensacola realtor and city councilman. |
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September 16, 2004
Ivan
the Terrible
Hurricane Ivan made landfall early this morning in Gulf
Shores, Ala., with winds at 130 mph. The hurricane and associated tornadoes killed
at least 11 people in the Southeast. Ray Suarez discusses the impact of
Hurricane Ivan with Alabama Homeland Security Director James Walker in Montgomery,
Ala., and New York Times national correspondent James Dao in Pensacola, Fla. |
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September
15, 2004
Ivan
the Terrible
Hurricane Ivan began lashing the U.S. Gulf Coast
with the eye of the storm expected to make landfall late Wednesday or early Thursday.
Gwen Ifill gets an update on the track of Ivan from AccuWeather meteorologist
Joe Bastardi. |
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September 10, 2004
Ivan
the Terrible
Hurricane Ivan began battering Jamaica with winds
of 145 mph. The center of the storm is forecast to hit the island nation Friday
night or early Saturday and then strike South Florida as early as Sunday. Ray
Suarez gets an update on Hurricane Ivan, its path and its expected impact from
AccuWeather meteorologist Joe Bastardi and New York Times reporter Felicity Barringer
in Miami. |
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AUGUST
August 13, 2004
Charley's
Charge
Hurricane Charley churned the seas off the west coast of Florida and brought torrential rain and 145-mile-per-hour winds to the Sunshine
State. Terence Smith discusses the track of the Category 4 hurricane with Florida
Lt. Gov. Toni Jennings and AccuWeather meteorologist Joe Bastardi. |
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WEATHER & NATURAL DISASTERS
