by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 23, 2017 | World
Emergency officials in Puerto Rico raced on Saturday to evacuate some 70,000 people after a rain-swollen dam failed in the latest disaster caused by Hurricane Maria. With the death toll from the storm at 33 across the Caribbean, the National Weather Service office in...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 19, 2017 | World
Hurricane Maria regained Category 5 strength in the Caribbean after leaving the small island nation of Dominica with widespread devastation. The “extremely dangerous” storm churned about 205 miles (325 km) southeast of St. Croix in the Virgin Islands, with maximum...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 8, 2017 | World
Britain flew additional aid supplies to the Caribbean on Friday after Hurricane Irma flattened homes and schools and flooded hospitals, causing the British Virgin Islands to declare a state of emergency. The governor of the islands, Gus Jaspert, said in a message to...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 7, 2017 | World
Residents in parts of the Miami metro area are under mandatory orders to leave their homes Thursday morning as Hurricane Irma barrels toward the region after killing several people on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin and causing devastation on other islands as one...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 5, 2017 | World
Powerful Hurricane Irma barreled towards the Caribbean and the southern United States on Tuesday as warnings of the Category 4 storm took effect in Leeward Islands, the British and US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The storm intensified as it surged forward with 150...
