Haiti, Tropical Storm Melissa
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U.N. Security Council members have warned Haiti’s leaders that time is running out to restore security and hold general elections as the deadline to install a new government nears.
The southern peninsula of Haiti remains under a hurricane watch, and all of Jamaica is under a hurricane watch and a tropical storm warning. Both countries are forecast to see a tremendous amount of rain, enough to potentially spawn life-threatening mudslides and flash flooding in Haiti and the island of Hispaniola.
Haiti will not hold a general election before the end of the current interim government's mandate next February, the head of the country's electoral council told Reuters on Wednesday, as the expansion of armed gangs makes any hope for a full and stable vote impossible.
Six people have been convicted on charges related to the assassination and 51 are awaiting trial in Haiti and another five in Miami.
Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday that ongoing violence in the capital of Haiti has forced it to permanently close its Port-au-Prince emergency care center, a city now 90% controlled by gangs.