Feb 02 Cyclone Yasi Rips Through Australia’s Northeast Image updated at 3:00 p.m. ET | This NASA image shows Yasi approaching the coast at 1:35 p.m. Australian Eastern Standard Time on Feb. 2. A massive cyclone is tearing through the northeastern part of Australia Thursday… Continue reading
Feb 02 Chicago Hunkers Under Nearly Twenty Inches of Snow A massive snowstorm covered a 2,000 mile long stretch of the nation on Wednesday, hitting hardest in the Midwest. Flights are grounded throughout the region, a Tulsa, Okla. newspaper canceled printing for the next two days, and… Continue reading
Feb 02 Winter Storm Grips U.S., Yemeni President Says He Won’t Run Again A massive storm has blanketed the United States from parts of Kansas to New Hampshire, bringing snow and subzero temperatures and creating hazardous road conditions. Weather forecasters estimated that as many as 100 million Americans would feel some impact… Continue reading
Feb 01 Watch FEMA Chief: Saving Lives Priority No. 1 as Winter Storms Threaten Much of U.S. Ray Suarez gets an update from FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate on how residents, municipalities and transportation hubs are coping with the onslaught of bone-chilling temperatures and dangerous precipitation. Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch From N.M. to Maine, Storms Threaten Much of U.S. With Snow, Ice, Wind Snow and ice permeated the central U.S. from the top of Texas to the tip of Maine, leading to weather warnings and emergency mobilization of crews to deal with slick roads. Ray Suarez gets an update on how residents, municipalities… Continue watching
Jan 26 Watch In Chaos of Post-Earthquake Haiti, Artists Create Poetry Amid Rubble On his recent reporting trip to Haiti, Jeffrey Brown explored the story of Haitian poets and artists surviving -- and creating -- amid the rubble of last year's earthquake. Continue watching
Jan 17 Watch News Wrap: Giffords May Soon Move to Rehabilitation A synopsis of the day's other top news stories. Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch Doctors Encouraged by Giffords’ Recovery Progress In the day's other headlines, recovery and remembrance continued in Tucson and a memorial service took place in Washington for Richard Holbrooke, a veteran diplomat who died in December. Continue watching
Jan 14 Brazil Floods Death Toll Rises, Tunisian Protesters Call for President To Step Down (In-depth coverage of the Tucson tragedy.) Death Toll Rises to More Than 500 in Brazil After Floods, Mudslides A man stands at his doorway observing the wreckage caused by mudslides and flooding in Teresopolis, some 100 km from… Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch Death Tolls Rise in Tunisian Clashes, Brazil’s Floods Sudden flooding and mudslides killed at least 400 people in Brazil, and many more are still missing. In Tunisia, President Ben Ali offered concessions to try to quell growing protests that have left at least 23 people dead. Continue watching