Good morning from the Financial Times.

Today is Monday, August 16th, and this is your FT News briefing.

Afghanistan's president has fled the country as the Taliban advances on Kabul.

In Haiti, the death toll is rising from Saturday's earthquake,

and now a tropical storm is on the way.

Plus, the Delta variant is spreading, and governments are using all kinds of tactics to get people vaccinated.

The problem with all these incentives and all these mandates is that although they seem to work in the short time,

it's further intensified that people marching at weekends in protest,

the anti-vaxxers may be a small minority, but they've been revitalized by this.

I'm Lauren Fedor, in for Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled his country yesterday as the Taliban poured into Kabul.

They're on the verge of regaining control of the capital nearly 20 years after they were ousted by an invasion led by the US.

Panicked Afghan citizens also tried to flee, and there was chaos at Kabul Airport.

Meanwhile, the US and European governments race to evacuate their citizens.

Many Afghans expressed fury at the US focus on evacuating its own citizens

and leaving the local population at the mercy of the Taliban.

And Haiti is reeling from the massive earthquake that struck this weekend.

By Sunday night, officials had counted more than 1200 people dead, and nearly 6,000 injured.

Now, there's a tropical storm headed towards the island.

Here's the FT's Gideon Long.

The US National Hurricane Center is warning that it will bring heavy rainfall,

and then it could lead to flash and urban flooding.

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