Across the sea in Haiti, Melissa killed at least 20 people, including ten children. Heavy rains caused a flash flood that swept away their makeshift homes on the banks of the Digue river in Petit-Goâve, on the southern peninsula. The main road into the town of Jacmel, on Haiti’s south coast, was also sheered off by storm surge.

A fast-developing storm was expected to bring “unprecedented” amounts of rain to several countries, meteorologists said.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The money materialized as soon as Colombia’s president confirmed his visit to southern Haiti. The Haitian government invested more than $3.8 million to more than double the runway at the airport in the coastal city of ...

Part-time Columbus resident Jessica Eugene, director of Damou Christian Mission in Haiti, is shown with Haitian young people. Photo provided Amid the government-related chaos and anarchy reigning in Haiti, part-time Columbus resident Jessica Eugene finds ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Colombian President Gustavo Petro visited Haiti on Wednesday as part of a whirlwind trip to strengthen ties with the violence-wracked country. He was expected to meet with officials and talk about potential joint projects focused ...

Behind the bar of a once derelict warehouse turned boutique hotel, Georges Boursiquot is dressed in his signature Brooks Brothers shirt, mixing a cocktail made with a dark rum — “handcrafted in small batches” — he bottles under the brand Bomuzack.

JACMEL, HAITI -- The floor rippled, as though a wave were moving through the operating room. Haitian nurses began running, grabbing a post-op patient on a gurney along the way, as chunks of concrete fell around them. Half the building had been destroyed in ...

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