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Article: Tropical Storm Odette kills two, forces thousands to abandon homes in Dominican Republic
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- December 7, 2003
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JOSE MONEGRO, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
12-07-2003
Dateline: SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic
Tropical Storm Odette unleashed torrential rains that killed two people and forced thousands from their homes before it dissipated over the Atlantic on Sunday.
Odette, the first named storm on record to form in the Caribbean in December, dumped up to 7 inches (19 centimeters) of rain in southern areas of the Caribbean country, officials said.
A 58-year-old woman, Ondina Guzman, was locked inside her home and drowned early Sunday in rising floodwaters, said Vice Adm. Radhames Lora Salcedo, chief of the National Emergency Commission. He said the woman's son reportedly left her with a lock ...