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Haiti Sees 800 New Cholera Cases After Hurricane
Haiti recorded nearly 800 cases of cholera the week after it was ravaged by Hurricane Matthew, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday, as health officials grapple to contain the disease.
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Powerful Hurricane Nicole Wreaks Havoc On Bermuda
Hurricane Nicole plowed directly into Bermuda on Thursday, causing widespread damage and knocking out power to most homes and businesses while apparently sparing the tiny Atlantic island chain any severe injuries or fatalities, government officials said.
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Haiti Tries To Get Hurricane Aid Right, But Cholera Blamed On UN Weighs
Foreign medics with orange stretchers and gallons of chlorine are stemming a cholera outbreak on Haiti's hurricane-struck coast but the focus on a disease UN peacekeepers brought here six years ago is slowing the delivery of food and shelter for storm victims.
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Haiti Needs 'Massive Response' After Hurricane: UN Chief
A "massive response" is needed to help Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew and the United Nations is mobilizing on all fronts to help get the recovery under way, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday.
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WHO Sending 1 Million Cholera Vaccine Doses To Haiti
The powerful hurricane slammed into Haiti last week, killing at least 1,000 people according to a tally of numbers from local officials.
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US Policy On Deporting Haitians On Hold In Wake Of Hurricane
The US Homeland Security secretary says Hurricane Matthew's devastation in Haiti has put on hold a new policy of deporting Haitians in the United States without permission, but the government intends to resume it in the future.
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Haiti Death Toll Hits 473 As Survivors Plead For Aid
At least 473 people are now known to have died as Hurricane Matthew leveled swaths of southern Haiti last week, officials said Tuesday, as hard-hit communities struggled to rebuild homes and access food and clean water.
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Hurricane Matthew Toll In Haiti Rises To 1,000, Dead Buried In Mass Graves
Haiti started burying some of its dead in mass graves in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, a government official said on Sunday, as cholera spread in the devastated southwest and the death toll from the storm rose to 1,000 people.
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'Like A Nuclear Bomb,' Cholera And Destruction After Hurricane In Haiti
Patients arrived every 10 or 15 minutes, brought on motorcycles by relatives with vomit-covered shoulders and hoisted up the stairs into southwest Haiti's Port-a-Piment hospital, where they could rest their weak, cholera-sapped limbs.
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After Hurricane, Haiti Confronts Cholera Outbreak
A week after being devastated by a hurricane, Haiti faces a growing cholera outbreak that threatens to turn its disaster even more deadly.
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Hurricane Matthew Triggers Severe Flooding In North Carolina; Claims 14 Lives In US
Hurricane Matthew's rains triggered severe flooding in North Carolina on Sunday as the deteriorating storm made its exit to the sea, and thousands of people had to be rescued from their homes and cars. The death toll in the U.S. climbed to at least 14, half of them in North Carolina.
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Hurricane Matthew Weakens, Makes South Carolina Landfall
A weakened Hurricane Matthew made landfall Saturday in South Carolina, nearing the end of a four-day rampage that left a trail of death and destruction across the Caribbean and up the southeastern US coast, now swamped by record floods.
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Cholera Kills 13 In Southwest Haiti In Wake Of Hurricane Matthew
Cholera outbreaks have killed at least 13 people in southwest Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, government officials told Reuters on Saturday, voicing concern that the disease was spreading.
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Hurricane Matthew Slams Into South Carolina, Diminished But Still Dangerous
Hurricane Matthew slammed into South Carolina on Saturday, packing a diminished yet still powerful punch after killing almost 900 people in Haiti and causing major flooding and widespread power outages as it skirted Florida and Georgia.
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Hurricane Matthew Kills Almost 900 In Haiti Before Hitting US
Hurricane Matthew killed almost 900 people and left tens of thousands homeless in Haiti earlier this week before plowing northward on Saturday over waters just off the U.S. southeast, where it caused flooding and widespread power outages.
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Haiti Sees 800 New Cholera Cases After Hurricane
Haiti recorded nearly 800 cases of cholera the week after it was ravaged by Hurricane Matthew, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday, as health officials grapple to contain the disease.
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Powerful Hurricane Nicole Wreaks Havoc On Bermuda
Hurricane Nicole plowed directly into Bermuda on Thursday, causing widespread damage and knocking out power to most homes and businesses while apparently sparing the tiny Atlantic island chain any severe injuries or fatalities, government officials said.
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Haiti Tries To Get Hurricane Aid Right, But Cholera Blamed On UN Weighs
Foreign medics with orange stretchers and gallons of chlorine are stemming a cholera outbreak on Haiti's hurricane-struck coast but the focus on a disease UN peacekeepers brought here six years ago is slowing the delivery of food and shelter for storm victims.
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Haiti Needs 'Massive Response' After Hurricane: UN Chief
A "massive response" is needed to help Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew and the United Nations is mobilizing on all fronts to help get the recovery under way, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday.
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WHO Sending 1 Million Cholera Vaccine Doses To Haiti
The powerful hurricane slammed into Haiti last week, killing at least 1,000 people according to a tally of numbers from local officials.
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US Policy On Deporting Haitians On Hold In Wake Of Hurricane
The US Homeland Security secretary says Hurricane Matthew's devastation in Haiti has put on hold a new policy of deporting Haitians in the United States without permission, but the government intends to resume it in the future.
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Haiti Death Toll Hits 473 As Survivors Plead For Aid
At least 473 people are now known to have died as Hurricane Matthew leveled swaths of southern Haiti last week, officials said Tuesday, as hard-hit communities struggled to rebuild homes and access food and clean water.
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Hurricane Matthew Toll In Haiti Rises To 1,000, Dead Buried In Mass Graves
Haiti started burying some of its dead in mass graves in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, a government official said on Sunday, as cholera spread in the devastated southwest and the death toll from the storm rose to 1,000 people.
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'Like A Nuclear Bomb,' Cholera And Destruction After Hurricane In Haiti
Patients arrived every 10 or 15 minutes, brought on motorcycles by relatives with vomit-covered shoulders and hoisted up the stairs into southwest Haiti's Port-a-Piment hospital, where they could rest their weak, cholera-sapped limbs.
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After Hurricane, Haiti Confronts Cholera Outbreak
A week after being devastated by a hurricane, Haiti faces a growing cholera outbreak that threatens to turn its disaster even more deadly.
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Hurricane Matthew Triggers Severe Flooding In North Carolina; Claims 14 Lives In US
Hurricane Matthew's rains triggered severe flooding in North Carolina on Sunday as the deteriorating storm made its exit to the sea, and thousands of people had to be rescued from their homes and cars. The death toll in the U.S. climbed to at least 14, half of them in North Carolina.
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Hurricane Matthew Weakens, Makes South Carolina Landfall
A weakened Hurricane Matthew made landfall Saturday in South Carolina, nearing the end of a four-day rampage that left a trail of death and destruction across the Caribbean and up the southeastern US coast, now swamped by record floods.
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Cholera Kills 13 In Southwest Haiti In Wake Of Hurricane Matthew
Cholera outbreaks have killed at least 13 people in southwest Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, government officials told Reuters on Saturday, voicing concern that the disease was spreading.
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Hurricane Matthew Slams Into South Carolina, Diminished But Still Dangerous
Hurricane Matthew slammed into South Carolina on Saturday, packing a diminished yet still powerful punch after killing almost 900 people in Haiti and causing major flooding and widespread power outages as it skirted Florida and Georgia.
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Hurricane Matthew Kills Almost 900 In Haiti Before Hitting US
Hurricane Matthew killed almost 900 people and left tens of thousands homeless in Haiti earlier this week before plowing northward on Saturday over waters just off the U.S. southeast, where it caused flooding and widespread power outages.
