Jun 21 Hurricane Season Could Bring More Misery to Haiti, Gulf Coast By Talea Miller The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is projecting a busy 2010 hurricane season, with as many as seven major hurricanes possible. Continue reading
Jun 15 Watch Gulf States Face Long Road to Environmental, Economic Recovery As criticism of BP and the Obama administration's handling of the Gulf spill continues, Gwen Ifill talks to two local officials about the president's visit and what it will take for the region to bounce back from the environmental and… Continue watching
Oct 15 Watch Obama Visits New Orleans to Gauge Recovery President Obama flew to New Orleans on Thursday to assess the city's recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Margaret Warner reports. Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch Other News: Worker Productivity Soars Most in 6 Years In other news, the Labor Department reported worker productivity jumped last spring by the most in six years, and an SEC investigation concluded that agency flaws enabled Bernie Madoff. Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch Other News: More Troops Sought for Northern Iraq In other news, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. Ray Odierno, is seeking to send more troops into northern Iraq, and Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia called for a "new approach" to sanctions against Myanmar. Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch Already Faced With Hardships, Haitians’ Lives Upended by Hurricanes Following the devastating food shortage of the summer, Haiti faced a barrage of powerful hurricanes, which battered the island nation into precarious situation. Fred De Sam Lazaro reports on the struggle that lies ahead as a nation tries to rebuild… Continue watching
Sep 12 Hurricane Forecasters Wrestle With Uncertainty to Track Tricky Storms By PBS News Hour By Friday morning there was little question as to the direction of Hurricane Ike's path -- the storm was gaining strength as it barreled toward Texas, and storm surges had already begun to batter the coastal city of Galveston. Continue reading
Sep 12 Texans Evacuate, Find Shelter as Ike Approaches By PBS News Hour As Hurricane Ike approached the Texas coast Friday, Galveston residents continued to flee their island city while Houstonians 60 miles inland boarded up their homes and businesses and hunkered down. Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch Hurricane Season Repeatedly Pounds Impoverished Nation of Haiti More than 300 people have died in Haiti from back-to-back hurricanes this year, and the northern town of Gonaives remains flooded. NPR reporter Jason Beaubien describes the scene in Haiti and the damages incurred by the storms. Continue watching
Sep 03 Gustav Evacuees Return Home; Bush to Tour Hard-hit Areas By PBS News Hour The 2 million evacuees who fled the threat of Hurricane Gustav jammed roads Wednesday as many tried to return home to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. President Bush also headed to the city to survey the damage. Continue reading