Disasters

MN groups meet on coordinating Hatian help
There are many Minnesota nonprofits and churches that have been working in Haiti, and they're waiting to see how they can best help earthquake victims there. A meeting is scheduled today to coordinate efforts.
Aid slowly reaching Haitians as desperation grows
Pushed to the far edge of desperation, earthquake-ravaged Haitians dumped decaying bodies into mass graves and begged for water and food Friday amid fear that time is running out to avoid chaos and to rescue anyone still alive in the wreckage.
U.S. takes charge in Haiti - with troops, rescue aid
President Barack Obama and the U.S. moved to take charge in earthquake-ravaged Haiti on Thursday, dispatching thousands of troops along with tons of aid to try to keep order as well as rescue the suffering in a country dysfunctional in the best of times.
Red Cross: up to 50,000 dead in Haiti; Aid starts to arrive
The international Red Cross estimated that 45,000 to 50,000 people were killed in Tuesday's magnitude-7.0 earthquake in Haiti, as aid from around the world slowly made its way into the country.
Minnesota group to send Haiti medical supplies
A Minnesota medical organization with long-standing ties to Haiti is starting to collect medical supplies to send to the earthquake stricken country. Project Haiti was started over 20 years ago and works closely with a rural hospital in the town of Pignon, about 100 miles north of Port Au Prince.