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000 WTNT31 KNHC 240833 TCPAT1 BULLETIN HURRICANE JEANNE ADVISORY NUMBER 43 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 AM EDT FRI SEP 24 2004 AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS...INCLUDING THE ABACOS...ANDROS ISLAND...BERRY ISLANDS...BIMINI...ELEUTHERA...GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND...AND NEW PROVIDENCE. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS...INCLUDING CAT ISLAND...THE EXUMAS...LONG ISLAND...RUM CAY...AND SAN SALVADOR. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM...

Emergency workers in Haiti are scouring through sewage and knee-high mud in search of survivors and victims of Tropical Storm Jeanne, which has left more than 1,000 people dead. Haitian officials say at least 1,000 other people are missing, and the death toll could climb as high as 2,000. Most of the victims were in the northwestern coastal city of Gonaives. Reports from the area say sewage and animal carcasses litter the streets, and the stench is unbearable. Workers are burying the dead in mass graves. Health officials fear an outbreak of illnesses, including malaria and tetanus. Jeanne has regained...

GONAIVES, Haiti - The death toll from floods in Haiti has risen to more than 1,070 and could reach 2,000, Dieufort Deslorges of the government’s civil protection agency said Wednesday. Rescuers counted 1,013 bodies recovered from floodwaters, mud and collapsed homes in Gonaives alone by Wednesday night, he said of Haiti’s third-largest city. Another 58 bodies have been recovered elsewhere in Haiti’s northwest province, Deslorges told The Associated Press. He said the number of people reported missing since Tropical Storm Jeanne lashed the islands with torrential rains for 30 hours over the weekend was up to 1,250. Some bodies washed...

Hurricane Jeanne Intermediate Advisory Number 11a Statement as of 8:00 am AST on September 16, 2004 ...Jeanne becomes a hurricane...the 6th of the 2004 season...near the eastern tip of Hispaniola... a Hurricane Warning is now in effect for the eastern and northern coasts of the Dominican Republic from La Plata southward to Isla Saona. A Tropical Storm Warning and a Hurricane Watch are in effect along the northern coast of the Dominican Republic from west of Puerto Plata westward to Monte Cristo. This area will likely be upgraded to a Hurricane Warning later this morning. A Tropical Storm Warning and...