• Tensions over aid grow in Haiti as earthquake death toll grows

    Tensions over aid grow in Haiti as earthquake death toll grows

    Aug 19, 2021 03:03 PM EDT

    ... shots to disperse a group of young men. Angry crowds also massed at collapsed buildings in the city, demanding tarps to create temporary shelters after Tropical Storm Grace brought heavy rain at the beginning of the week. Haiti's Civil Protection Agency late Wednesday raised the number of deaths from ...

  • News Wrap: Caldor Fire ravages California's Grizzly Flats

    News Wrap: Caldor Fire ravages California's Grizzly Flats

    Aug 18, 2021 10:45 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Wednesday, Northern California's Caldor Fire destroyed at least 50 homes in Grizzly Flats on Tuesday and threatened hundreds more. Remnants of Tropical Storm Fred blew into the Northeastern U.S. today, with warnings of mudslides and flash floods. The Biden administration is proposing major immigration ...

  • Why Haiti's rescue efforts and resources should be controlled by Haitians

    Why Haiti's rescue efforts and resources should be controlled by Haitians

    Aug 18, 2021 10:35 PM EDT

    In Haiti, the death toll from Saturday’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake continues to rise to almost 2,000 people. In cities near the epicenter of Petit-Trou-de-Nippes, Tropical Storm Grace brought heavy rains and flooding, exacerbating already-difficult recovery efforts. Ali Rogin provides an update. ... Judy Woodruff ...

  • News Wrap: New York mandates COVID vaccines for all health care workers

    News Wrap: New York mandates COVID vaccines for all health care workers

    Aug 16, 2021 10:40 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Monday, New York state will now require all health care workers, including staff at long-term care facilities, to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by September 27. Tropical Storm Fred regained strength with winds up to 65 miles per hour as it barreled into the Florida ...

  • Haitians left homeless by 7.2 magnitude earthquake now brace for storm

    Haitians left homeless by 7.2 magnitude earthquake now brace for storm

    Aug 16, 2021 10:35 PM EDT

    ... Landslides have made major roads impassable for aid groups. Now hospitals in Southern Haiti are overwhelmed and forced to turn people away, all as a tropical storm bears down on the nation. William Brangham has the latest. William Brangham: Judy, Saturday's earthquake occurred on the very same fault lines ...

  • How to help Haitians after 7.2 magnitude earthquake

    How to help Haitians after 7.2 magnitude earthquake

    Aug 16, 2021 09:41 PM EDT

    ... say over 7,000 homes were destroyed and 5,000 are damaged. In some places, rescue efforts have been affected by landslides cutting off roads. Tropical Storm Grace hit the southwestern part of the country — where the earthquake struck the hardest — with heavy rainfall Monday, forcing the Haitian government to ...

  • Haiti's troubled history may slow aid to earthquake victims

    Haiti's troubled history may slow aid to earthquake victims

    Aug 16, 2021 06:55 PM EDT

    Humanitarian aid is flowing into Haiti following Saturday's 7.2-magnitude earthquake there and a death toll that has reached 1,297. However, the Caribbean nation's political unrest, as well as an approaching tropical storm, is complicating efforts. Nonprofit groups and philanthropy experts say the assassination of Haitian ...

  • Death toll of powerful eathquake in Haiti soars to 1,297

    Death toll of powerful eathquake in Haiti soars to 1,297

    Aug 14, 2021 04:04 PM EDT

    ... with their few salvaged belongings while overloaded hospitals scrambled to help those who were injured. Yet the devastation could soon worsen with the coming of Tropical Depression Grace, which is predicted to reach Haiti on Monday night. The U.S. National Hurricane Center demoted the tropical storm to a depression ...

  • News Wrap: Third vaccine dose recommended for people with weakened immune systems

    News Wrap: Third vaccine dose recommended for people with weakened immune systems

    Aug 13, 2021 10:40 PM EDT

    ... Landlord groups that challenged the moratorium plan to appeal the ruling to the D.C. Circuit Court. The Florida Keys and Florida Bay are under tropical storm warnings tonight, as Tropical Depression Fred moves closer to the state. The storm is gaining strength as it lashes the northern coast of ...

  • News Wrap: Record heat drives wildfires across Italy

    News Wrap: Record heat drives wildfires across Italy

    Aug 12, 2021 10:50 PM EDT

    ... to fight fires in Montana, California and elsewhere. Tropical Storm Fred weakened to a depression overnight, as it heads for the U.S. mainland. The storm dumped heavy rain on the Dominican Republic, flooding streets and knocking out power for some 300,000 customers. It's expected to regain tropical ...