Hurricane aid call for Nicaragua
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The United Nations calls for donors to give generously to help Nicaragua recover after Hurricane Felix.
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Nicaragua lobbied Monday for support for an $18 billion canal linking the Pacific and Atlantic, saying a second international waterway is needed to handle the world's booming shipping business.
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HAITIâS interim president appealed for aid yesterday as the death toll from mud slides and floods caused by tropical storm Jeanne neared 700.
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Tropical Storm Felix threatened to trigger floods and mudslides in Honduras on Wednesday after the once monstrous hurricane killed four people in Nicaragua.
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Philippine officials sought international help yesterday to rebuild villages devastated by back-to-back storms that left more than 1100 people either dead or missing and devastated mostly poor northern agricultural regions.
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President Bush on Wednesday assured the governors of states in the path of Hurricane Ivan of federal aid to deal with damage from the storm.
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Local residents having difficulty reaching relatives in the areas recently hit by Hurricane Charley are urged to contact the Washtenaw County Chapter of the Red Cross for assistance.
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Charity volunteers have been overwhelmed by donations for hurricane victims.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - President Bush asked Congress  on Monday for $7.1 billion in new emergency aid for Florida and  other states hard hit by hurricanes Ivan and Jeanne.
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Former Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman acknowledged for the first time Saturday that he spent $1.8 million in government money on jewelry and meals, mostly while he was abroad seeking aid following the devastation of Hurricane Mitch in 1998.
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President Bush asked Congress Tuesday for an additional &#36;691 million to aid victims of hurricanes and other natural disasters as the election-year price tag for recent emergencies surged toward &#36;13 billion.
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STATEWIDE: President Bush declared a major disaster in the counties affected by Hurricane Frances, meaning residents will be eligible for federal aid.
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Doctors threw together a makeshift clinic Wednesday to tend to the injured after powerful Hurricane Felix flooded their hospital and wrecked villages on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast. Remnants of the storm drenched Central America in rain and the death toll rose to nine, with at least 11 people missing.
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The Philippines asks for foreign aid as it assesses the impact of storms that have left 1,000 dead or missing.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE - Tropical Storm Noel formed over the Caribbean yesterday, and forecasters warned the slow-moving system could send flash floods gushing down stripped hills in Haiti before it heads on to Cuba. The storm poses a serious threat to impoverished Haiti, which is recovering from floods earlier this month that killed at least 37 and sent more than 4,000 people ...
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New York, Sept. 22 (NNN): Haiti&#39;s president Boniface Alexandre on Tuesday appealed for aid to help the island nation in the aftermath of tropical storm Jeanne whose floods that have claimed nearly 700 lives and left another 1000 missing.
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Four dead and thousands of homes destroyed in Nicaragua but storm system is losing intensity.