Nov 08 Watch Environmental Impact of Katrina A science unit report looks at the environmental cleanup in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina inundated the city with filthy floodwater. Federal and state officials are at odds with environmental groups over the danger posed by toxins found in and… Continue watching
Nov 08 Watch Line of Control Opened for Earthquake Relief For the first time since 1947, officials opened the line of control separating Indian- and Pakistani- administered Kashmir to allow relief efforts to reach earthquake survivors. An Independent Television News report looks at the historic decision and the chaos that… Continue watching
Nov 04 Watch Forgotten Victims in Pakistan A report on the desperate effort to reach victims in remote mountain villages after the earthquake that struck Pakistan nearly a month ago. Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch Tsunami Recovery in Sri Lanka A report from the island nation of Sri Lanka about the recovery effort from the Dec. 26 tsunami in Asia. Continue watching
Nov 01 FDIC Head to Lead Gulf Coast Recovery By PBS News Hour Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff tapped Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Donald Powell Tuesday to head the federal government's effort to rebuild areas of the Gulf Coast devastated by hurricanes Rita and Katrina. Continue reading
Nov 01 Watch Slow Recovery in Pakistan Following a report from Pakistan on the efforts to deliver aid to earthquake survivors, U.N. Undersecretary General Jan Egeland, who is in charge of U.N. relief efforts in Pakistan, provides an assessment of the recovery. Continue watching
Oct 28 U.N. Appeals for Money to Help Quake Survivors By PBS News Hour U.N. officials said Friday that money will run out before aid can reach survivors of the Oct. 8 earthquake in Pakistani Kashmir unless the international community provides more assistance. Continue reading
Oct 25 Watch Wilma Sweeps Across Florida An update on Hurricane Wilma and its damage as it moved north along the east coast of Florida Tuesday. Continue watching
Oct 24 Hurricane Wilma Tears Across Florida By PBS News Hour Hurricane Wilma, the eighth hurricane to hit Florida in just over 14 months, plowed across the Sunshine State Monday, downing power lines, bending palm trees and lashing rain across the peninsula with winds sustained at 125-mph. Continue reading
Oct 24 Watch Hurricane Wilma Hits Florida Hurricane Wilma made landfall in Florida as a Category 3 storm Monday morning after causing severe damage to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Continue watching