Posted on 05/26/2004 4:55:37 PM PDT by Libloather
Caribbean Death Toll from Floods Nears 2,000
Wed May 26, 2004 07:05 PM ET
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The death toll from devastating floods and landslides in Haiti and the Dominican Republic rose to at least 1,950 on Wednesday. The toll rose dramatically with the discovery of more than 1,000 bodies in Mapou, a southeastern Haitian town where communications are poor, said Margareth Martin, the head of the civil protection office for Haiti's southeast region.
Haiti's death toll stood at about 1,660, including 1,000 in Mapou, 500 elsewhere in Haiti's southeast region, 158 in the riverside town of Fond Verettes, and two in the south, at Port-a-Piment.
Authorities in the neighboring Dominican Republic said they had recovered 300 bodies.
I read, on some yachting website, that boaters are already prepping for this mess to hit the British Isles in a few days...
Someone I know just got back from 10 days in St Lucia and it rained the whole time! I'd be sick about it!!
The Caribbean is a quagmire... better pull out all the humans.
Confirmation! (And if the can find a way to blame it all on Bush, they may have a chance of getting their money back...)
-PJ
Very interesting info thanks!
Saw it rain like that in St. Augustine Florida for 4 days one time, it's so flat there the rain water takes forever to run off. We were hydroplaning everywhere we went, don't think the tires ever touched the pavement!
Global warming! It's all Bush's fault.
That is HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It rained for ten days - with a finale of almost 12 inches in the last 24 hours. Is there any US state you know of that can take that kind of abuse? Mississippi really doesn't count since its already a swamp...
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