Article: Thousands evacuated as Tropical Storm Odette lashes Dominican Republic, Haiti

JOSE MONEGRO, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
12-07-2003
Dateline: SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic
Thousands of people abandoned their homes Saturday as Tropical Storm Odette lashed the Dominican Republic with torrential rains, threatening deadly floods and mudslides.

Odette, the first named storm on record to hit the Caribbean during December, was forecast to bring up to 15 inches (38 centimeters) of rain to parts of the Dominican Republic and neighboring Haiti.

Before the storm made landfall on the Dominican south coast Saturday night, officials were already evacuating residents along swelling rivers and had opened the floodgates of three northern dams.

More than 10,000 people were ...

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