Widespread deforestation and poor drainage mean even moderate rains can cause devastation in Haiti, where thousands build ramshackle homes in flood plains. Tropical Storm Noel, which formed in the Caribbean early on Sunday afternoon, poses a serious threat to an impoverished nation that is still recovering from floods earlier this month that killed at least 37 and sent more than 4,000 people to shelters. Flood concerns yesterday forced three US senators to cut short a trip to survey damage...

Cricket Australia and its state and territory associations receive funding from governments, state and federal, to run a number of cricket programs across the country. In announcing funding for these programs, administrators of the game regularly attend functions and meetings with politicians from both sides of politics. youdecide2007.org Editor, Jason Wilson, writes: Peter Lindsay, the Federal member for Herbert, suggests (Friday, comments) that the Mark Bahnisch article ("Bahnisch: The...

A press conference called on the FORESTA 2000 site the following day called on the authorities to bring the criminals to justice. In all, the Agenda Kids Club will be contributing over 3,000 trees for a children-friendly area incorporated as part of the afforestation project currently underway at the site. Various activities for the whole family are being held during the weekend. Numerous trees were planted on Saturday during a tree-planting weekend organized at the Foresta 2000 site next...

As president and chief executive of Ecovation inc., she oversees a rapidly growing Victor company that makes money on the backs of the microorganisms it puts to work on waste coming from food and beverage manufacturers. Ecovation this year leads the Rochester Top 100, the annual ranking compiled by the Rochester Business Alliance and accounting firm KPMG that charts the fastest-growing privately held companies in the nine-county region. But even running a success story has major...

The strengthening storm poses a serious threat to impoverished Haiti, which is still recovering from floods that killed at least 37 and sent more than 4,000 people to shelters earlier this month. Forecasters said Noel, with tropical storm force winds fanning 115 miles from its center, could dump 12 inches of water on the island of Hispaniola, southeastern Cuba and Jamaica. Noel, the 14th named storm of the Atlantic season, had sustained winds of about 60 mph and was expected to strengthen...