Isaac Calling - But Can Haiti Withstand Another Natural Disaster?

August 24, 2012 from Al Jazeera English

Tropical storm Isaac is hurtling toward Haiti, a country still devastated by a massive earthquake two and a half years ago. The deforested mountains around the capital, Port-au-Prince, make it vulnerable to flash flooding. Thousands of quake survivors still live in tent camps. Al Jazeera's Adam Raney reports from Port-au-Prince.

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Haiti

Republik Haiti adalah sebuah negara di Karibia yang meliputi bagian barat pulau Hispaniola dan beberapa pulau kecil lainnya di Laut Karibia. Haiti merupakan negara kedua yang merdeka di Benua Amerika setelah Amerika Serikat. Dia juga salah satu produsen gula terpenting di duni... Explore this topic

Port-au-Prince

Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean country of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009. The city of Port-au-Prince is on the Gulf of Gonâve: the bay on which the ci... Explore this topic

Tropical Storm Isaac

The National Hurricane Center began tracking a tropical wave off the coast of Africa on August 17, 2012. It started to become more concentrated on August 18, with further organization beginning later that day as it headed into favorable environmental conditions for development... Explore this topic

Flash flood

A flash flood is a rapid flooding of geomorphic low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and basins. It may be caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm, hurricane, tropical storm, or meltwater from ice or snow flowing over ice sheets or snowfields. Flash fl... Explore this topic

2010 Haiti Earthquake

The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicenter near the town of Léogâne, approximately 25 km (16 miles) west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. By 24 January,... Explore this topic

Deforestation

Deforestation, clearance or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use. Examples of deforestation include conversion of forestland to farms, ranches, or urban use. More than half of the animal and plant spec... Explore this topic

Poverty in Haiti

With a Gross Domestic Product estimate of US$6.56 billion in 2009, Haiti is routinely regarded as one of the poorest nations in the western hemisphere. Based on estimates by the World Bank in 2005, the percentage of people living below the US$1 per day poverty line in Haiti is... Explore this topic

Tropical cyclone

The Tropical Cyclone type holds all hurricanes, typhoons, tropical storms and other 'warm core' storm systems. A tropical cyclone is a storm system fueled by the heat released when moist air rises and the water vapor in it condenses. The term describes the storm's origin in... Explore this topic

Extreme weather

Extreme weather includes unusual, severe or unseasonal weather; weather at the extremes of the historical distribution—the range that has been seen in the past. The most commonly used definition of extreme weather is based on an event's climatological distribution: Extreme wea... Explore this topic

Al Jazeera English

Al Jazeera English is an international 24-hour English-language news and current affairs TV channel headquartered in Doha, Qatar. It is the sister channel of the Arabic-language Al Jazeera. The station broadcasts news features and analysis, documentaries, live debates, current... Explore this topic

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