Aug 28 After Irene’s Impact, Flooding, Power Outages Plague East Coast 9:25 p.m. ET | With the worst of Irene's wrath over, states up and down the East Coast were assessing the damage Sunday night, with flooding and power outages spelling out days of headache and cleanup ahead. Damage is… Continue reading
Aug 27 Hurricane Irene Makes Landfall; Moves North With Hammering Rains, Wind By News Desk Waves from Hurricane Irene pound the beach in Ocean City, Maryland. Photo by Getty Images. 5:00 p.m. ET Irene has been pushing northward up the Eastern Seaboard at 13 mph, with maximum sustained winds still near 85 mph and higher… Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch Eastern Seaboard Braces for Potentially ‘Historic’ Hurricane Irene Hurricane Irene was headed for a weekend assault up the East Coast, threatening to bring powerful winds and heavy rain to tens of millions of Americans. Jeffrey Brown discusses the storm with Federal Emergency Management Agency's Craig Fugate, the National… Continue watching
Aug 26 Nigeria, International Community Rattled by U.N. Bombing By Larisa Epatko A car bomber broke through two gates and detonated his explosives in front of a U.N. building in Nigeria's capital Abuja, killing at least 18 people Friday. Continue reading
Aug 26 NATO Warplanes Target Sirte, Hunt Continues for Gadhafi 3:30 p.m. ET | 200 bodies were discovered at a hospital in Tripoli, though the exact circumstances of their deaths was not yet known. According to the BBC, A BBC correspondent found corpses of men, women and children… Continue reading
Aug 26 Hurricane Irene Swipes Carolinas, Parts of New York City Under Mandatory Evacuation Orders By News Desk 3:25 p.m. ET | Hurricane Irene began sweeping past North and South Carolina Friday afternoon, lashing the coastline with heavy rain and wind. With winds of 39 miles per hour, there were reports of downed power lines and thousands… Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch Hunt for Gadhafi Intensifies, New Battles Rage in Tripoli Gunfire and explosions hammered parts of Libya's capital on Thursday as rebels swept through neighborhoods in search of Moammar Gadhafi. International Television News' James Mates and Lindsey Hilsum report from Tripoli, where the fighting of this civil war has intensified. Continue watching
Aug 25 Intense Fighting in Tripoli, Gadhafi Manhunt Continues By News Desk Rebel fighters patrol the streets in a neighborhood south of the capital Tripoli on August 25, 2011. Photo by Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images. 5:10 p.m. ET | The United States and South Africa have reached a deal that would pave the… Continue reading
Aug 25 Hurricane Irene Strengthening, Va., N.J., N.Y. and N.C. Declare States of Emergency By News Desk Track the path of Hurricane Irene: See the storm surge probabilities on a map 4:30 p.m. ET | New York governor Andrew Cuomo has also declared a state of emergency, and local officials are considering the… Continue reading
Aug 25 ‘Long-term’ Needs Grow in Horn of Africa as Drought Shows No Signs of Abating By Larisa Epatko Many in East Africa, still suffering from drought and hunger, are streaming into refugee camps as other countries try to close a $1.1 billion shortfall in needed funding for relief supplies. Continue reading