Posted by: lisaparavisini | October 3, 2010Heavy storm leaves 8 dead in Haiti
Another eight people have been killed as heavy rains lash Haiti, bringing the death toll in the impoverished Caribbean nation to fourteen.
Officials say three people were caught by overflowing rivers in the South, while another three were buried in a landslide and another two killed in floods, AFP reported on Friday. Officials have issued a yellow warning for the entire country as storms continue to intensify.
The storm has destroyed dozens of homes, flooded fields and in the south, roads have been cut off preventing rescue teams from reaching storm-hit areas. Officials warn that the death toll may rise.
Last week, a storm blasted the country’s capital Port-au-Prince, blowing roofs off houses, uprooting trees, cutting power lines and destroying makeshift tent cities where most earthquake survivors have been living. Six people were reported killed and dozens injured.
Storms are ripping through the impoverished country, which is still recovering from a devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake, which hit earlier this year, killing 250,000 people and leaving millions homeless. It has been estimated that only 2 percent of the 33 million cubic yards of rubble from the earthquake has been cleared and much of the debris is contaminated with human remains and other materials.
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