The super singer Lady Gaga has apologised to fans after being forced to cancel a concert in Indiana due to ill health. “Can’t apologise enough for how sorry I am,” she said, via micro-blogging site Twitter, revealing she had collapsed due to exhaustion and dehydration. An hour before the show I was feeling dizzy and having trouble breathing,” posted the 23-year-old, renowned for her flamboyant stage performances. She has since cancelled another three dates between 16-18 January.

Last year Lady Gaga – real name Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta – failed to appear as a support act at two Take That concerts in Manchester, citing ill health. The singer tweeted that she had been “crying for hours” as a result of Thursday’s cancellation.

“My stage has complicated mechanical elements,” she said. “Everyone was concerned I’d be in danger during the 2hr show, since I had passed out earlier. I have performed with the flu, a cold and strep throat,” she went on. “I would never cancel a show just based on discomfort. I hope you can forgive me. I love my little monsters more than anything, you are everything to me.”

Out of nine million people in Haiti about 35% are thought to be in need of aid following the devastating earthquake four days ago. The UN has launched an appeal for $562m, which it hopes will fund a six-month relief effort to help the injured and those who have lost loved ones, homes and livelihoods.

Considering the Haiti’s status as the poorest country in the western hemisphere, and owing to past disasters including several hurricanes in 2008, many international charities already had teams on the ground working on aid and reconstruction. These agencies have mobilised emergency teams in response to the quake.

Medical aid to help treat the many thousands injured has been a priority, with the International Committee of the Red Cross reporting that most hospitals in Port-au-Prince are full or degraded. The scale of the damage and the fact that it struck the capital city – the centre of resources – was handicapping the relief effort. And, after all three of its medical facilities in the city were damaged in the earthquake, it has been doing limited work mostly in tented clinics.

According to Marc Dubois from Medecins Sans Frontieres, “this is a race against time – people are injured and need immediate first aid and they need surgery, and we’ve just now been able to get that going. If things don’t happen right now… then people are going to die from infections, not from their injuries.”

Typhoon Ondoy devastate most of Manila area. And it hurts to see my fellow Filipino suffers from the floods brought by it. The most painful part is that I can’t even do anything. I want to donate something, but my bank account is also zero. Many people lost their homes and some even lost their lives.

Is this what we call climate change? It could be. Where on earth that amount of water came from? It’s good for 30 days rain. Why does it poured in one day? The report says that the last time the area experienced this tragic event was last 40 years ago. The sadder part is that there is another typhoon coming that might hit them again in the next couple of days.

I humbly ask you guys to help us pray for those who suffer from the typhoon especially for those people who lost their lives.