"Lots of shaking, of course, the massive earthquakes back toward Venezuela.
Elsewhere though, we've had additional quakes yesterday itself was rather active.....back toward the Dominican Republic, 5.0 in magnitude....shaking felt in Puerto Rico, back toward Haiti with this one. But there were multiple back near Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica. Some of the shaking fell 5.2 in magnitude about 120 km down or 75 miles down. And then on top of that, we had another one offshore of Antigua, Barbados, offshore of Guadolupe, 4.6 in magnitude. " Mr.Weatherman
"At 11:00 EDT (15:00 UTC) the center of Hurricane Melissa was located about 245 km (150 miles) south of the central Bahamas. The system is moving northeast at 22 km/h (14 mph) with maximum sustained winds of 155 km/h (100 mph) and higher gusts. The minimum central pressure is 974 mb.
According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), a storm surge of 1.5–2.5 m (5–8 feet) above normally dry ground is possible across the southeastern and central Bahamas today. The surge will combine with large waves to produce life-threatening coastal inundation and hazardous surf conditions. Minor coastal flooding is possible in the Turks and Caicos Islands and along the north coast of eastern Cuba and Haiti." W
"At least one person has been reported dead in Haiti as Tropical Storm Melissa continues to bring severe weather across the Caribbean. The system is forecast to reach hurricane strength by Saturday, October 25, 2025. The storm threatens Haiti, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic with heavy rainfall and possible hurricane-force winds later this weekend." W
"A mob of angry Haitian citizens stormed a hydroelectric plant in the town of Mirebalais on Wednesday, plunging the capital city of Port-au-Prince into darkness, in an attempt to protest the lack of government action against gang violence." Breitbart
"Yet another gruesome gang horror has played out in Haiti, as at least 184 people -- most of them elderly -- were variously slashed, hacked or shot to death on the orders of a warlord who'd been advised that aging slum residents had used sorcery to give his son a severe illness. Interim Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé called it “a barbaric act of unbearable cruelty.”The brutality was reportedly ordered by Monel "Mikano" Felix, who leads the Wharf Jeremie gang. The carnage took place on Friday and Saturday in the densely-populated seaside slum of Cité Soleil, a neighborhood in the capital city of Port-au-Prince which The Guardian has called Haiti's "most notorious slum...Much of the slum is an open sewer...infant children bathe in water contaminated with sewage. The stench is unbearable."
Felix's son had contracted a serious illness, and he sought the counsel of a Voodoo priest, or "bòkò," who advised the murderous warlord that elderly people in the gang's area of operations were harming his son through the use of witchcraft. “He decided to cruelly punish all the elderly people and Vodou practitioners who, in his imagination, might be capable of sending an evil spell to his son,” said Haiti's Committee for Peace and Development in a statement reported by the Haitian Times.
Members of the gang surrounded the neighborhood, then proceeded to search the shacks for people over 60 years old, who were then hacked with machetes, slashed with knives and shot with guns. The victims included some younger people who tried to defend the gang's elderly targets. Bodies were dragged into the streets where they were mutilated and torched, filling the neighborhood with a foul stench of death. Felix's ailing son died as the massacre was being carried out." ZeroHedge.
"Hundreds of Haitians packed their belongings and fled from previously secure districts of Port-au-Prince on Thursday as a running battle broke out between gangsters and police. The gangs were apparently emboldened by the fall of interim Prime Minister Garry Conille, who was fired by the transitional government on Sunday, bringing a fresh wave of turmoil to the island nation." Breitbart
"A United Nations helicopter was hit by several rounds of gunfire while flying over Haiti on Thursday, forcing the chopper to land in the capital of Port-au-Prince." Breitbart
"The city of Springfield, Ohio - population 60,000, has been overwhelmed by roughly 20,000 Haitian illegal migrants, who flocked to the city - exacerbating a 'significant housing crisis' according to city officials, and eating pets and wildlife according to locals.
During an Aug. 27 City Commission meeting, one local resident said that Haitians were "in the park grabbing ducks, cutting the heads off, and eating them."
Another local resident posted to a Facebook group that their neighbor had a cat go missing - only to see it "hanging from a branch, like you'd do a deer for butchering, & they [the Haitians] were carving it up to eat."
Another local told the city that she "can't take it anymore," as Haitian migrants are littering on her yard and harassing she and her husband." ZeroHdedge
"Ariel Henry resigned Thursday as prime minister of Haiti, leaving the way clear for a new government to be formed in the Caribbean country, which has been wracked by gang violence that killed or injured more than 2,500 people from January to March. Henry presented his resignation in a letter signed in Los Angeles, dated April 24, and released on Thursday by his office on the same day a council tasked with choosing a new prime minister and Cabinet for Haiti was due to be sworn in." France24
"Haiti could be taken over by a "Russian-backed gang" as Vladimir Putin looks to build an anti-West axis, an expert has claimed. The gangs control 80 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince, and prominent gang leader Jimmy Cherizier is even vying for power in the country. Amid the chaos of recent years, protestors have been pictured waving Russian flags and even asking Vladimir Putin to send in the Russian military to restore order in the country." MS
"Panic set in around downtown Port-au-Prince on Monday as wild shooting filled the streets of Haiti's capital, with heavy gunfire approaching the national palace.
Reuters saw civilians rush to escape gunfire in the capital, where rival gangs are vying for control of turf while the state remains largely absent, three weeks after Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced his resignation with no successors in place. Gunmen seized an armored vehicle from palace guards in the center of the city." MS
"Haitian gang members were killed and set on fire in the Petion-Ville suburb in Port-au-Prince in an apparent case of vigilantism. The bodies were reportedly burned after Haiti’s NationalPolice — considered one of the last functional branches of the barely-there Haitian state — launched an operation in Petion-Ville on Wednesday to fight the violent gangs that have taken control of most of the country...... a witness saw two suspected gang members killed and set on fire, including a notorious gang leader known as “Makandal.” Reuters states that it reviewed footage that showed the bodies lying and being dragged on the street, “one man with his hands cut off.” “Makandal,” who was one of the thousands of men who escaped from prison in a massive jailbreak orchestrated by gang leader Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier, was killed in the Wednesday police operation alongside some of his accomplices. Le National stated that local civilians burned “Makandal’s” body in a “sense of jubilation.” The gang leader’s home was also reportedly burned down." Breitbart
"The 'Caribbean crisis' appears to be in the early stages of spreading to the US. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced Friday that a migrant boat with dozens of Haitians, firearms, and drugs, along with night vision, was recently intercepted by Florida Fish and Wildlife agents just off the Florida coast, according to Fox News. "Our Florida Fish and Wildlife offices interdicted a vessel that had 25 illegal immigrants, potential illegal immigrants from Haiti in their boat. In their vessel, they had firearms, they had drugs, they had night vision gear, and were boating very recklessly, which would potentially endanger other folks," DeSantis said at a press conference where he signed three pieces of legislation to deter illegal immigration.
"That vessel was interdicted near the Sebastian Inlet and those illegal aliens were turned over to the Coast Guard for deportation," the governor said." ZH
"Capital Port-au-Prince .... a fire broke out at its main penitentiary, according to reports from local media.Videos showed thick black smoke billowing out from the facility, from where earlier this month armed men freed the prisoners.....comments from gang alliance head Jimmy "Barbeque" Cherizier were recorde and distributed via a rambling 7-minute audio message shared on messaging platform WhatsApp.
"Don't you have any shame?" said Cherizier, directing his remarks at politicians who he said were looking to join the council. "You have taken the country where it is today. You have no idea what will happen," he added.
"I'll know if your kids are in Haiti, if your wives are in Haiti ... if your husbands are in Haiti," he said in an apparent threat to their families.
In his remarks, Cherizier said the resignation of Henry was only "a first step in the battle." MS
"The Pentagon is sending further anti-terrorism Marines to Haiti to strengthen security at theAmerican embassy just 24 hours after the prime minister was forced to resign amid threats of a civil war.
The elite F.A.S.T team was sent to the region as gang violence continues to rage on the streets, with influential gang leader Jimmy "Barbecue" Cherizier calling for "bloody revolution". Ex-PM Ariel Henry had led the country supposedly on an interim basis since July 2021 after the country's President Jovenel Moïse's was assassinated, but provoked public anger by repeatedly pushing back elections, insisting security had to be restored first.
Heavily armed gangs have tightened their on the capital, and attacked the main prison to help release thousands of inmates, as they called for Henry to quit.
A Republican lawmaker who helped rescue Americans stranded during the violence accused the Biden administration of a "pattern of abandonment" of U.S. citizens, over his response of the crisis." AP
"The U.S. military said that it had flown forces in to beef up security at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti and allow nonessential personnel to leave. The aircraft flew to the embassy compound, the U.S. Southern Command said, meaning that the effort involved helicopters. It was careful to point out that “no Haitians were on board the military aircraft.” That seemed aimed at quashing any speculation that senior government officials might be leaving as the gang attacks in Haiti worsen." Breitbart
"Haiti's gangs are terrorizing the country with weapons from the US as well as sophisticated, high-tech drones, a journalist in the country tells Daily Express US. .....nearly 4,000 criminals broke out of two of Haiti's biggest prisons after it was attacked by gangs.
Following this, the Haitian government declared a 72-hour state of emergency." MS
"The leaders of Kenya and Haiti inked a pact for a Kenya-led UN mission to the Caribbean nation. Nairobi plans to send 1,000 armed men, dubbed police officers, to Port-au-Prince as local authorities have all but lost control of Haiti’s capital city. The Biden administration has been working for several years to create a UN force to invade Haiti to restore order." ZH
"Torrential rainfall and severe flooding on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, home to Haiti and the Dominican Republic, killed two dozen people over the weekend, according to local authorities.
At least 21 individuals, including three children, died in the Dominican Republic after the island was pummeled by heavy rain, which flooded homes, triggered power outages and damaged roadways. The death toll includes nine people who were killed after a highway tunnel collapsed onto cars in Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic.....The Emergency Operations Center of the Dominican Republic said over 2,500 citizens had to be rescued by protection agencies during the storm." AP
"The Dominican Republic said on Tuesday it will beef up security at its northern border withHaiti, following an incident it labeled a "provocation" in which it said a group of Haitians entered Dominican territory and interfered with the army patrol. "The situation seems to be due to an apparent misunderstanding by Haitian citizens regarding the border limits that separate both countries," said Figueroa....videos shared on social media showed a helicopter circling the border while Haitian and Dominican soldiers stand near a border wall and a burned tire exudes a column of black smoke." FOX
