The number of cholera cases is rising in parts of Haiti hit by heavy rains earlier this week.

Crews hurried to get back to work on plugging BP's leaky oil well after Tropical Storm Bonnie fizzled out and engineers hoped for a window of clear weather long enough to stop the gush for good.

Passengers said they thought they were going to die as they were hurled over seats and slammed against luggage bins when turbulence hit their flight from Brazil to the US.