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The Latest Breaking News from Haiti

At least 25 dead in Haiti as Hurricane Melissa continues destructive path

The ‘storm of a century’ has torn through the Caribbean, with Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba worst affected

The Independent UK

King and Queen ‘deeply concerned’ by Hurricane Melissa destruction

The storm has left dozens of people dead and widespread destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica.

Evening Standard

Haitians helped boost Springfield’s economy – now they’re fleeing in fear of Trump

Ohio city’s economic fortunes spiral and local businesses suffer as Haitians leave due to administration’s anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies

The Guardian - US

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Hurricane Melissa threatens catastrophic flooding in Jamaica and Haiti, meterologists warn

Expected to make landfall in Jamaica on Monday evening or Tuesday morning, Hurricane Melissa is forecast to become a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest storm on record for the Caribbean island nation,

Euronews

Jamaica braces as storm approaches – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Hurricane Melissa roars toward Jamaica as a Category 4 storm as island prepares for landfall

Hurricane Melissa is roaring toward Jamaica with destructive Category 4 winds and was expected to strengthen further before making landfall on the Caribbean nation with up to 30 inches of rain and a life-threatening storm surge

The Independent UK

Photos show Hurricane Melissa's impact on the Caribbean

Melissa's center was forecast to move over Jamaica on Tuesday

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Hurricane Melissa strengthens to category 5 as evacuations ordered in Jamaica’s capital

Storm could intensify further, threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in northern Caribbean

The Guardian - UK

U.S. and U.N. Impose Sanctions on Ex‑Haitian Security Official Over 2021 President's Killing and Gang Ties

The action also included Kempes Sanon, leader of the Bel Air gang and one of Viv Ansanm's key allied groups.

Latin Times

Melissa strengthens into a Category 3 hurricane, threating catastrophic flooding in Jamaica, Haiti

Hurricane Melissa has strengthened into a major Category 3 hurricane, unleashing torrential rain and threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica

The Independent UK

Tropical Storm Melissa poised to become a hurricane and drop torrential rain on Caribbean

Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to strengthen into a hurricane, threatening the northern Caribbean with massive rainfall and life-threatening flooding

The Independent UK

'Near stationary' Tropical Storm Melissa is moving slower than a person walking — and it may bring deadly flash floods to the Caribbean

Tropical Storm Melissa is moving at a snail's pace but will intensify rapidly over the weekend as it feeds off near-record-warm water temperatures in the Caribbean Sea, forecasters say.

LiveScience

Tropical Storm Melissa forecast to become major hurricane as Jamaica under threat

Topical Storm Melissa has been called a ‘slow-moving disaster’ amid warnings of catastrophic flash flooding in Haiti

The Independent UK

Tropical Storm Melissa lumbers through the Caribbean as islands take cover from rain

Tropical Storm Melissa is lumbering through the Caribbean Sea and bringing a risk of dangerous landslides and life-threatening flooding to Jamaica and southern Hispaniola

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The Independent UK

UN Security Council pressures Haiti's leaders to hold general election as deadline nears

U.N. Security Council members have warned Haiti’s leaders that time is running out to restore security and hold general elections as the deadline to install a new government nears

The Independent UK

Tropical Storm Melissa expected to strengthen into a ‘catastrophic’ hurricane

The National Hurricane Center called the forecast extremely uncertain with significant changes possible

The Independent UK

Tropical Storm Melissa forms in the Caribbean on a path toward Haiti

Tropical Storm Melissa has formed in the Caribbean Sea

The Independent UK

US sanctions former Haitian security head, gang leader for aiding gang coalition

The U.S. Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on the former head of Haitian presidential security when the leader of the Caribbean nation was assassinated and the head of a Haitian gang

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Latin Times

Haitian Children Increasingly Caught In Crossfire As More Are Recruited Into Gangs, UN Official Says

Haitian children are increasingly getting caught in the crossfire as more are recruited into gangs dominating large swaths of the country, according to a UN official

Euronews

Doctors Without Borders closes its emergency centre in Haiti's capital due to surge of gang violence

Haiti has been plagued by worsening gang violence since the 2021 assassination of its then-President Jovenel Moïse and armed gangs control most of the capital Port-au-Prince.

The Independent UK

Doctors Without Borders permanently closes its emergency center in Haiti's capital

Doctors Without Borders says that ongoing violence in Haiti has forced it to permanently close its emergency care center in Port-au-Prince

The Conversation

Jean-Jacques Dessalines: Reassessing the Haitian revolutionary leader’s legacy

Every Oct. 17, Haiti celebrates Dessalines Day, commemorating the assassination in 1806 of the country’s first head of state postindependence, Jean-Jacques Dessalines.

The Independent UK

Haiti court orders new probe into July 2021 presidential slaying in key ruling

Justice officials in Haiti are asking the U.S. and Canada for help after a court of appeals ordered a new investigation into the killing of President Jovenel Moïse, the third one of its kind since he was killed in July 2021

The Independent UK

New report finds hunger rising in Haiti as government pledges a quick response

Haiti’s government has pledged to respond quickly to growing hunger in the troubled Caribbean country as a new report warns that more than half the population is experiencing crisis levels of hunger or worse

Euronews

Gunfire erupts as Haitian leaders hold rare meeting at national palace

No injuries or deaths have been confirmed, but the incident underscores Haiti’s fragile security situation. Armed groups still control up to 90% of the capital, despite recent efforts to reclaim key areas from gang coalitions such as Viv Ansanm.

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