Feb 09 Watch Death Toll Grows in Australian Wildfires The death toll has risen in Australia's worst wildfire disaster in history, and the extremely fast-moving fires caught many off-guard. Independent Television News correspondent Libby Weiner reports. Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch Global Economic Growth Slows, Early Voting Begins in Iraq Economists at the International Monetary Fund predict that the global economy will grow by less than one percent in 2009 and Iraqis went to the polls for early voting in provincial elections, with the rest of the country set to… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch Documentary Traces Family’s Struggle After Katrina Herbert Gettridge struggled for years to rebuild his New Orleans home in the lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina. In an interview, producer June Cross describes how she documented Gettridge's story in "The Old Man and the Storm" which airs… 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 19 Watch Restoring Power to Ike Victims Proves Tough Task When Hurricane Ike slammed into the Texas coast, the storm inflicted major damage to the electrical grid, leaving hundeds of thousands of people without power. Tom Bearden reports on the electrical grids in Southeast Texas and why restoring power has… Continue watching
Sep 17 Watch After Ike, Bridge City Residents Await Return Home Despite ongoing hurricane relief efforts in Bridge City, Texas, residents remain barred from returning to their homes. Tom Bearden reports on the destruction and the latest developments. Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch Texas Coast Reels From Hurricane Ike’s Destruction Days after Hurricane Ike made heavy landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast Friday, thousands of residents remain without power and water, and many evacuees are still unable to return to their homes because of flooding. Tom Bearden reports from Texas… 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 11 Watch Thousands of Texans Flee Oncoming Hurricane Ike Federal and state authorities have organized an evacuation and communication program to prepare for Hurricane Ike, which is expected to hit the Texas Gulf Coast late Friday. Houston Mayor Bill White explains the extensive measures being taken before winds and… Continue watching