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Haiti Wants Quake Camps Evacuated Ahead of Storm

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Nov. 4) -- For nearly 10 months, more than 1 million people in Haiti's earthquake camps have been walking a precarious line: Trying to get out and find good homes without losing their tents and the possessions they still have. Now a potential hurricane threatens to upend that careful balance. The...

Hurricane Tomas Weakens to Category 1 Storm

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (Oct. 31) -- Hurricane Tomas weakened slightly Sunday after tearing off roofs and downing power lines in the eastern Caribbean. Forecasters said the storm could gain force and veer toward earthquake-stunned Haiti, where some 1.3 million people in tarps and tents are vulnerable to heavy rains and...

Tropical Storm Shary Forms and Tomas Follows

(Oct. 29) -- The Atlantic basin hurricane season officially ends Nov. 30, but an ongoing burst of activity indicates that this active season is not ready to end quietly. Tropical Storms Shary and Tomas have formed in the Atlantic. Shary will pass well to the east of Bermuda tonight, and the rapidly strengthening Tomas is...

Paula Becomes Category 2 Hurricane, Threatens Cancun

CANCUN, Mexico (Oct. 12) -- A strengthening Hurricane Paula roared toward Mexico's resort-dotted Yucatan Peninsula on Tuesday night. The hurricane smashed homes and forced schools to cancel classes in Honduras early Tuesday, then grew into a Category 2 storm with top sustained winds of 100 miles per hour on its way to...

Tropical Storm Paula Forms in Caribbean

(Oct. 11) -- Tropical Storm Paula, the 16th named storm of the Atlantic season, has formed in the western Caribbean. The storm has organized and strengthened quickly and is expected to become a full-fledged hurricane soon. The National Hurricane Center forecast is for Paula to remain in the Caribbean for the next several...

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05/26/12 Dramatic images of divers exploring marine life inside... Source: Daily Mail - London - UK The park, maintained by the Bahamas Trust, was the first of its kind in the world, when it was established in 1958, and was the first marine fishery reserve in the Caribbean in 1985.
05/25/12 Boogsie coming for Jazz Festival Source: Nation News - Barbados Composer, arranger and steel PAN virtuoso Len "Boogsie" Sharpe is one of the headliners in an all-star band that will pay tribute in jazz to great music from the Caribbean in the CIBC FirstCaribbean Sugar Isle Jazz Festival.
05/24/12 Cricket: England ready to put series beyond reach Source: Cricket Premier Need to fix up the audio a little as the ingame music is very overpowering.
05/24/12 Apple Vacationers, travel agents name favorite resorts... Source: PR Newswire ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. , May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Apple Vacations surveyed more than 5000 customers and travel agents to find the top kid-friendly resorts in Mexico and the Caribbean .
05/24/12 In Antigua, Fishing Brings Both Income and Ecological... Source: IPS Inter Press Service Eli Fuller is a third-generation Antiguan who, for the past two decades, has been exploring the Antigua and Barbuda coastline.

Background on Caribbean

The Caribbean (pronounced or ) is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles (3,200 km) long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north.

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