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Article: Tropical Storm Odette speeds up, strengthens as it nears Dominican Republic, Haiti
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- AP Worldstream
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- December 6, 2003
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JOSE MONEGRO, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
12-06-2003
Dateline: SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic
Tropical Storm Odette gathered strength and speed Saturday as it took aim at the Dominican Republic, packing 65-mph (105-kph) winds and threatening to unleash deadly mudslides and floods that also could afflict Haiti.
With the heaviest of the torrential rains nearing the southern Dominican coast, officials began evacuating residents along the banks of swelling rivers and opened the floodgates of three northern dams.
"The situation is very worrying because the ground in the north and northeast was already saturated ... which increases the dangers of flooding," said Jose Luis German of ...
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