Floods from Tropical Storm Kill 90 in Haiti

Floods from Tropical Storm Kill 90 in Haiti
Floods and mudslides from Tropical Storm 'Jeanne' killed about 90 people in Haiti and more were missing in the Caribbean nation on Sunday as the storm swirled in the Atlantic east of the Bahamas, a civil protection official said. 'Jeanne' previously killed 11 people and destroyed hundreds of houses in the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti. Two days of steady rain sent torrents down the mountains in the Artibonite and Northwest provinces of Haiti, causing rivers to burst their banks and triggering mudslides, civil defense officials said. U.N. resident coordinator Adama Guindo said members of the Brazilian-led international force trying to restore stability in Haiti after a revolt led to the departure in February of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, told him about 50 people were killed around Gonaives. The city of 200,000 people was covered with mud and a delegation of officials could not leave the high ground to enter. Many people had climbed onto roofs to escape the floodwaters and were stranded there, the officials said. The island of La Tortue off Haiti's north coast was barely visible under the water, according to officials who flew over it in a helicopter. Homes were washed away, cars were caught in the rising water and telephone service was cut off, making it difficult to communicate with emergency officials in the region. Officials with the Office of Civil Protection said about 30 people were also killed in flooding in the Northwest province of Haiti and others are believed missing. About 10 deaths were reported in other areas, and at least 380 were injured, officials said. 'Jeanne', which killed two people in Puerto Rico last week, swept north of Hispaniola during the weekend. On Sunday, it was spinning northward in the Atlantic Ocean about 145 miles east-northeast of the central Bahamian island of San Salvador and had top sustained winds of 50 mph. **PHOTO CAPTION*** Tropical storm Jeanne is seen east of the Bahamas in this September 20, 2004 satellite image. (Reuters)

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