Tropical Storm Melissa is rapidly gaining strength in the Caribbean and poses an increasing threat of catastrophic, ...

AccuWeather's hurricane experts are sounding a grave warning for the western Caribbean, cautioning that Tropical Storm ...

The United Nations recently approved a 5,550-member international force to restore order, though instability persists.

Doctors Without Borders is an international medical humanitarian organization that provides emergency medical aid in crisis ...

Unlike other storms in this hurricane season, Melissa is likely to have a devastating effect on some of the most populated ...

What does this mean for our approach towards this crisis? Firstly, as Noami Klein points out, crises are often used as opportunities to extend foreign dominance. Aid and money is desperately needed ...

While the causes of individual disasters are natural, more than anything what makes Haiti a constant site of catastrophe is its heart-tugging social ills, disaster experts say. It starts with poverty, ...

In response to the tragic consequences of the recent earthquake in Haiti, questions have arisen regarding how to handle leave requests from employees who may be involved in emergency response efforts.

In response to campus-wide interest in the Haiti earthquake, four Cornell professors took part in a panel offering a multidisciplinary approach to the implications of the disaster, with each speaker ...

In rebuilding Haiti, cement maker, shippers positioned to profit. Jan. 20, 2010— -- Harsh realities have always been a part of life in Haiti. And in the week since the earthquake, the world's ...

Experts estimate death toll from 7.0 earthquake could be in in the thousands. Jan 13, 2009— -- Haiti has barely begun to assess the devastation caused by the biggest earthquake to rock the area ...