Tropical Storm Otto drenches Caribbean islands as it whirls toward Azores

Otto becomes tropical storm on mid-Atlantic track

Bleaching of Caribbean corals could surpass record loss of color set in 2005, experts say

Experts: Caribbean corals could face record bleach

Earl, a Category 4 hurricane, on course toward US East Coast after battering Caribbean

Earl threatens US Coast after hitting Caribbean

Hurricane Earl batters tiny Caribbean islands, gains strength on course toward US East Coast

Earl batters Caribbean, threatens US East Coast

Hurricane Earl lashes northern Caribbean, expected to gain force on track toward United States

Hurricane Earl lashes Caribbean, threatens US

Hurricane Earl Picks Up Power

Hurricane Earl threatens north Caribbean, expected to gain force

Growing Hurricane Earl threatens north Caribbean

Newly born Hurricane Earl threatens north Caribbean, expected to gain force

Newborn Hurricane Earl threatens north Caribbean

Puerto Rico independence supporters welcome return of violent nationalist group’s leader

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Puerto Rico governor presses US emergency agency to provide aid for 17 flooded communities

Puerto Rico requests FEMA aid for 17 flooded areas

Dengue epidemic threatens Caribbean as number of infections and deaths increase

Dengue epidemic threatens Caribbean, kills dozens

US closes Guantanamo beach where 3 Marines drowned pending investigation of July 4 incident

US closes Guantanamo beach where Marines drowned

2 rescued in lifeboat after US-flagged charter sailboat sinks off Puerto Rico

Coast Guard rescues 2 from sinking boat in PR

Magnitude-5.8 quake strikes Puerto Rico, damaging homes but no injuries reported

Moderate quake rattles Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A moderate earthquake struck Puerto Rico early Sunday, damaging some houses in western and northern towns and causing a rock slide on a highway. No one was reported injured.

USGS reports 5.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Puerto Rico

Moderate earthquake strikes Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 struck the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico early Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

US Coast Guard searches for cruise ship worker who went overboard near Puerto Rico

Cruise ship worker goes overboard near Puerto Rico

Wyclef Jean urges Haiti’s government to stress education following quake

Wyclef: Haiti’s gov’t should stress education

Moderate quake rattles Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico without reports of damages, injuries

Quake rattles Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic

Chilean troops, police clamp down on post-quake looting as rescuers search for survivors

Chile troops, police attack post-quake looting

Death toll in Chile quake above 700 as rescuers save trapped survivors, looters empty stores

Chile quake death toll over 700 as rescue ramps up

Chile’s earthquake, Iran’s nuclear program top Hillary Clinton’s agenda on Latin America trip

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Puerto Rico health officials declare dengue epidemic, fear repeat of 2007’s large outbreak

Puerto Rico declares epidemic of dengue fever

EPA orders cleanup to resume at Puerto Rican fuel depot 4 months after explosion

EPA orders cleanup to resume at PR fuel depot

Montserrat volcano shoots plume of ash 9 miles into sky, forces evacuation of village

Montserrat volcano shoots ash 9 miles into sky

Bahamas orders 62 migrants who fled Haiti returned to earthquake-ravaged country

Bahamas to return migrants to quake-ravaged Haiti

Puerto Rican health secretary: Doctors investigated for posing with Haiti victims on Facebook

PR to investigate MDs for Haiti Facebook pics

A second New Jersey church group returns home after being flown out of quake-shattered Haiti

A second NJ church group home from Haiti

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. — A second New Jersey church delegation has arrived home from Haiti, where they were caught in Tuesday’s devastating earthquake.

Doctors Without Borders: 2 Haiti hospitals in working condition, but supplies and staff scarce

Doctors Without Borders: Supplies and staff scarce

Officials probe options available to pilot after wreck in Jamaica injured dozens

Officials probe American plane wreck in Jamaica

Panic, confusion _ but no deaths _ after plane carrying 154 skids off runway in rainy Jamaica

Panic _ but no deaths _ in jet accident in Jamaica