Ike Kills 47 In Haitian Village: Prime Minister
Monday, September 8, 2008 at 9:07 am Under World News 4 views
PORT-AU-PRINCE:Hurricane Ike killed 47 people in Cabaret, a village close to the Haitian capital, Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis said Sunday.
Two swollen rivers flooded the town, destroying and damaging many homes, a legislator from the village said.
The toll adds to the 500 deaths already recorded by the United Nations over the past week as massive storm flooding caused a humanitarian crisis that was worsening by the day.
Damaged infrastructure and continuing rains left aid organizations struggling to bring emergency assistance to hundreds of thousands of storm victims.
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