This hurricane season shows why small islands pushed so hard for climate action John Light September 7, 2017With Hurricane Irma battering much of the Caribbean, currently plowing its way past the Dominican Republic, toward Haiti, Cuba and onward to the US, two other hurricanes formed in the Atlantic. This phenomenon — three hurricanes in the Atlantic at the same ti...
Irma is Heading for Haiti. Is the Country Prepared? Mark Leon Goldberg September 6, 2017The strongest Hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic is poised to strike the country in the region least able to handle it.Haiti is on the path of Hurricane Irma. According to current projections, the storm could sweep past Haiti early Friday morning. ...
In the Wake of Hurricane Matthew, Haiti’s Cholera Epidemic Could Get Much Worse Alanna Shaikh, MPH October 11, 2016Post-hurricane conditions are ideal incubators for cholera. And so far, thirteen people have died of cholera in Haiti since Hurricane Matthew made landfall. Unless authorities and the international community move swiftly to stem another outbreak, many more pe...
Haiti – Will We Get it Right this time? Alanna Shaikh, MPH October 5, 2016Hurricane Matthew made landfall on Haiti yesterday. It killed several people, destroyed homes, roads, bridges, and rendered thousands of people displaced. The top UN official for Haiti says this is “the largest humanitarian event” in the country since the 2010...
Haiti Three Years On: Facts and Figures from the Earthquake Recovery Mark Leon Goldberg January 11, 2013Three years ago on Saturday the western hemisphere experienced the worst natural disaster in recent memory when a 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook the heart of Haiti. Over 200,000 people were killed. A massive humanitarian disaster -- and a massive international response ensued.
5 Questions for UN Peacekeeping Chief Hervé Lasdous Mark Leon Goldberg November 20, 2012I recently caught up with the head of the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations, Hervé Lasdous. In the conversation below, Mr. Lasdous discusses some of the hotspots in which peackeeping is currently engaged--or may engage in the future.
In Haiti, First A Food Emergency May Lead to Political Crisis Mark Leon Goldberg November 2, 2012Americans should start paying attention to this budding crisis, and soon. The United States has dispatched its military to Haiti three times in the past 15 years. Unless this humanitarian emergency is nipped in the bud, we can expect a political crisis to explode.
Sandy’s Devastation in Haiti Way, Way Worse Than New York or New Jersey Mark Leon Goldberg October 31, 2012Haiti was spared a direct hit by Sandy, but the damage, death, and displacement caused by the storm is much, much worse than anywhere else on the planet right now.
Sandy’s Path of Destruction: How the United Nations Deals With Disasters Mark Leon Goldberg October 29, 2012The wealthiest city in the most powerful country on the planet is poised to get hit by an epic storm. Things will be bad, but the city of New York and the federal government of the United States has the capacity and wherewithall to manage this crisis. But what happens when a storm or natural disaster of equally destructive magnitude hits a place that does not have that same ability to deal with a natural disaster?
