March 21, 2010 Verttières, Cap Haitïen, Haiti After torrential rains and several minor earthquakes (originating near Cuba) two people are dead, two trapped, and three injured in Haiti's second largest city of Cap Haitïen. This quake represents the first structural failure due to an earthquake along Haiti's Northern coast and draws to light an additional, significant fault line that has the potential to repeat the devastation caused on January 12, 2010 by the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault, further to the South. Local government and emergency-response personnel were quick to arrive on the scene and have been handling this particular catastrophe with professionalism and poise. That withstanding, there are no misconceptions about Cap Haitïen's under-prepared infrastructure and officials fear the possibility of a much larger quake. In a town now inundated with refugees from Port Au Prince, it remains certain that anything larger than this minor quake may spell certain doom for yet another unprepared populace.

During the first week of September, 2008 Hurricane Ike tore through the islands of Turks & Caicos and Great Inagua as a category four, with sustained winds of 135mph, before making landfall on the north coast of Cuba as a strong category three, with 120mph winds. Ike crossed the eastern and central provinces of the Cuban mainland and moved offshore, paralleling the south coast of the island, making another landfall over the western portion of Cuba and emerging into the Gulf of Mexico. The ...

Cuba has become expert in protecting its citizens against the impact of tropical storms. The secret to their success: education and a system that relies on clear communication between the Met Office, Civil Defence and the media. Despite being one of the poorest countries in the Caribbean, the people of Cuba are among the best prepared against hurricanes. Every year the whole country takes part in a two-day training session in risk reduction for hurricanes, complete with full simulation ...

Hurricane Ike roared across Cuba on Monday, tearing off roofs and sending waves crashing into buildings, as 900-thousand Cubans fled to shelters or higher ground. (Sept.

Hurricane Gustav has already swept across the Caribbean killing over 80 people in Haiti, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. Now the storm has swelled to a Category 4 storm and the US National Hurricane Centre says it could become a Category 5. Hurricane Gustav is currently lashing Cuba and forecasters say it will cross the Gulf of Mexico and hit central Louisiana on Tuesday with the same force as Hurricane Katrina, exactly three years ago. Al Jazeera's Tom Ackerman reports. ...

Hurricane Gustav has already swept across the Caribbean killing over 80 people in Haiti, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. Now the storm has swelled to a Category 4 storm and the US National Hurricane Centre says it could become a Category 5.

Hurricane Gustav is currently lashing Cuba and forecasters say it will cross the Gulf of Mexico and hit central Louisiana on Tuesday with the same force as Hurricane Katrina, exactly three years ago.

Al Jazeera's Tom Ackerman reports.

Late-season Hurricane Paloma strengthened slightly as the Category 3 storm after lashing the Cayman Islands with wind and rain. Forecasters say it will hit Cuba Saturday. (Nov.

Late-season Hurricane Paloma strengthened slightly as the Category 3 storm after lashing the Cayman Islands with wind and rain. Forecasters say it will hit Cuba Saturday. (Nov.