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migrant camp

Just under a week after almost 15,000 people set up a migrant camp in Del Rio, Texas, the town’s mayor announced Friday that no migrants were left. Mayor Buno Lozano called the update “phenomenal news” at a Friday news conference. The migrant camp was full of people, mostly Haitian, seeking asylum in the United States. However,…

Spain volcano

Officials spent Monday assessing the damage from the volcano that erupted on Spain’s Atlantic Ocean island of La Palma. The video above shows the wild scene around the volcano on Monday. The volcano erupted Sunday after a weeklong buildup of seismic activity, prompting authorities to evacuate thousands. The lava flows destroyed isolated houses and threatened…

A new border crisis is forming in the small border town of Del Rio, Texas across from Ciudad Acuña, Mexico on Friday. An estimated 12,000 migrants, mostly Haitian, are waiting to ask for asylum in the U.S. Thousands of Haitian migrants have assembled under and around a bridge, and presented the Biden administration with a…

Fred Grace Henri

As Fred downgraded to a tropical depression after making landfall in Florida Monday, Grace upgraded into a tropical storm, and Tropical Depression Eight turned into Tropical Storm Henri. The video above shows Tropical Depression Fred wind and rain hitting Cape San Blas, Florida, as well as Tropical Storm Grace moving through Les Cayes, Haiti. According…

taliban haiti food stamp

Gwen’s picks for Monday, August 16 include: Afghan government falls during Taliban takeover, and President Biden stands by decision to withdraw American troops. Deadly earthquake hits Haiti. View Jimmie’s update here. Biden administration announces largest ever increase in food stamp benefits.

Haiti deadly magnitude earthquake

Search and rescue efforts are under way in Haiti after a deadly 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked the island nation over the weekend. My wife was born and raised there, so I have close ties to the country. It breaks my heart to watch the death toll continue to rise knowing countless lives remain unaccounted for.

Storms

The National Weather Service reports Tropical Storm Fred made landfall near Cape San Blas, Florida at 2:15p Central. The video above shows effects of the storm’s outer bands hitting Florida over the weekend. It is moving north-northeast at just under 10 mph. It will cross the panhandle Monday and then move over western Georgia Tuesday.…

earthquake damage

Rescuers in Haiti continued to search through the widespread damage Monday left by a massive earthquake over the weekend. The video above shows some of the damage and the recovery of multiple bodies. As of Sunday, Haiti’s Civil Protection Agency said 1,297 people had died, and 5,700 were injured from the earthquake. Officials report more…

LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — The death toll from a powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti climbed sharply on Sunday, with at least 724 dead and a minimum of 2,800 injured. The updated figures from Haiti’s Office of Civil Protection follow a previous count of 304 dead. The office’s director, Jerry Chandler, said rescuers are…

Alaska earthquake tsunami warnings

An 8.2 magnitude earthquake hit off Alaska’s southern coast Wednesday night prompting tsunami warnings and forcing residents to evacuate. The video above shows some of those evacuations, as sirens blared. Warnings covered a nearly 1,000-mile stretch from Prince William Sound to Samalga Island, Alaska, near the end of the Aleutian Islands. They weren’t canceled until…

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