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Article: Tropical storm Hanna kills at least 38 in Haiti, affects Dominica
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- September 3, 2008
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Tropical storm Hanna kills at least 38 in Haiti, affects Dominica
HAVANA, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Tropical storm Hanna has killed at
least 38people and left thousands homeless in Haiti and caused
widespread flooding in the Dominican Republic, authorities said
Wednesday.
According to reports reaching here, many houses were damaged by
the flooding. The city of Gonaives, some 100 km north to the capital
city, was flooded and declared in emergency state. The death toll
reached 10 on Wednesday.
The flooding even blocked the entrance to Gonaives, where water
in some areas was three meters deep.
Haitian President Rene Preval said the government was taking
actions to cope with the situation in eight ...