The hurricanes are covered quite thoroughly in Canada too (including live coverage). I don't think it's sad though since it's something that can directly affect

The hurricanes are covered quite thoroughly in Canada too (including live coverage). I don't think it's sad though since it's something that can directly affect millions of people and can indirectly affect 10s of millions more (fuel prices, travel, relatives). Events on that scale deserve wide-spread coverage. One aspect that could be considered sad is the relatively low amount of air time international emergencies receive, even ones that are much larger in scale.