Video: Haiti prepares for storm season

Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent, and Glenn Osten Anderson

Monday, 17 Aug 2009

# Climate crisis

# Natural disasters and extreme weather

# Port-au-Prince

As the peak of the hurricane season begins Suzanne Goldenberg travels to Haiti and finds that many are still struggling to cope with destruction from last year's storms and discovers what may lie ahead for Port-au-Prince if a hurricane strikes the capital city

Contributors

Suzanne Goldenberg

Suzanne Goldenberg is a former Guardian foreign correspondent and environment correspondent

Glenn Osten Anderson

Glenn Osten Anderson currently works for BBC News as their Senior Producer for Social News in the Americas. He previously produced streaming audio and video for Guardian America at bureau offices in Washington DC and New York. He has also worked with Military.com, with CBS College Sports, Money-Media.com (a Financial Times Co.) and Runner's World Magazine where he earned a Webby People's Voice Award for the web documentary '26.2 or Die'.

Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent, and Glenn Osten Anderson

Monday, 17 Aug 2009

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