Caribbean

Torrential rains caused by Hurricane Ida have killed at least 50 people and left several others missing in El Salvador, civil protection officials said Sunday. Ida, churning in the western Caribbean, was barreling toward Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula early Sunday, bringing torrential rains ...

Ida returns to tropical storm strength, packing winds of up to 45 mph Ida has become a tropical storm again, with top winds of 45 mph (72 kph), as it swirls in the Caribbean on a track that could bring it to ...

Ida has become a tropical storm again, with top winds of 45 mph, as it swirls in the Caribbean Ida has become a tropical storm again, with top winds of 45 mph, as it swirls in the Caribbean. Copyright 2009 AP News

Scientists: Caribbean, Gulf spared widespread coral bleaching damage this year Lower-than-feared sea temperatures this summer gave a break to fragile coral reefs across the Caribbean and the central Gulf of Mexico that were damaged in recent years, scientists said Thursday. Unusually warm ...

Dutch islands in Caribbean offerering amnesty to thousands of illegal immigrants The Netherlands Antilles has launched an amnesty program that will provide residence and working papers for thousands of illegal immigrants. Hundreds of people lined up outside an immigration office in St. ...

Australian cricket was relieved to learn a full-strength West Indies touring squad would be heading here later this month, Cricket Australia said on Tuesday. Reinstated captain Chris Gayle and fellow senior players, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Dwayne Bravo have been included ...

MIAMI (Reuters) - Antigua and Barbuda is set to revoke the knighthood it gave Texas financier Allen Stanford, who is awaiting trial on charges he operated a $7 billion fraud using his bank on the twin-island Caribbean nation. Antigua and Barbuda's Labor, ...

SAN JUAN (Reuters) - A fuel leak created a vapor cloud that caused last week's explosion and massive fire at a Puerto Rican fuel storage depot, according to federal investigators who ruled out arson or sabotage on Friday. The fire raged for ...

The showpiece men's matches at next year's ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies will take place before, rather than after, the corresponding women's fixtures, organisers said Thursday. At this year's edition in England, the women's semis and final were played before ...

Getting organized was one of the top three New Year’s resolutions in 2009 for the majority of people. If you were one of the people hankering to get a little bit more buttoned up this year, but haven’t quite gotten off the ...