Oct 12 Judge extends Florida’s voter registration to Oct. 18 By Gary Fineout, Associated Press A federal judge on Wednesday extended voter registration until Oct. 18 in the battleground state of Florida, due to the disruption and damage from Hurricane Matthew. Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch 5:18 News Wrap: Receding waters reveal ruinous hurricane damage By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Tuesday, the death toll of Hurricane Matthew rose to 30 in the United States, half from North Carolina. There are also rising concerns about disease in hard-hit Haiti. Also, Russian jets resumed heavy bombing of Aleppo,… Continue watching
Oct 11 Photos: Cholera outbreaks feared after hurricane hits Haiti By Larisa Epatko As Haiti began rebuilding in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, aid groups worried that cholera and other diseases would quickly spread in the flood waters. The Caribbean island nation has battled cholera for six years, but conditions following the hurricane could… Continue reading
Oct 11 Column: Could Hurricane Matthew turn the tide in Florida’s voting? By Vikram Mansharamani The relationship between weather and turnout is proportional: the more extreme the weather, the more extreme its impact on turnout. Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch 4:58 How the country’s oldest city weathered Hurricane Matthew By PBS NewsHour To get a sense of the damage caused by Hurricane Matthew, Hari Sreenivasan traveled to St. Augustine, Florida. The city, billed as the oldest in the country, was devastated by last week's storm. We tour one of its hardest-hit areas,… Continue watching
Oct 09 Watch 3:15 In Florida, cleanup begins after Hurricane Matthew By Melanie Saltzman, Connie Kargbo Hurricane Matthew has been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone after causing a trail of damage from Florida to North Carolina over the weekend, though it continues to flood the East Coast. At least 19 people in the U.S. have died… Continue watching
Oct 08 Watch 5:22 Hurricane Matthew brings damage along Atlantic coast By Melanie Saltzman, Connie Kargbo Hurricane Matthew has weakened to a Category 1 storm but still remains a threat to the coast of Georgia and the Carolinas as it continues to crawl up the Eastern Seaboard. The storm has killed at least three people in… Continue watching
Oct 08 Watch 4:32 Haiti reeling after Hurricane Matthew destruction By PBS NewsHour The island of Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, has borne the brunt of damage from Hurricane Matthew. Nearly 900 people have been killed by the storm, and thousands more have been displaced. Journalist Ingrid Arneson joins William… Continue watching
Oct 08 Hurricane Matthew downgraded after Florida, still flooding Carolinas By Kamala Kelkar A weakening Hurricane Matthew hit South Carolina on Saturday and continued to inundate coastal areas with floods. Continue reading
Oct 07 Watch 7:13 After devastating Haiti, Hurricane Matthew threatens Florida By PBS NewsHour Three days after Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti, the death toll is above 800 and expected to rise sharply as rescue teams reach the hard-hit southwestern peninsula. So far, the eye of the storm has skirted Florida’s coast, but Gov. Rick… Continue watching