Death toll rises to more than 1,070 in Haiti floods
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Workers used dumptrucks to empty scores of bodies into a ditch Wednesday - the first mass grave for more than 800 flood victims - as bystanders shrieked and the government raised the toll to more than 1,070.
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More than 1,000 people have been killed or are missing after mudslides and flash floods devastated three coastal towns in the eastern Philippines, a military spokesman said Thursday.
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The death toll in Haiti from flooding and mudslides triggered by Tropical Storm Jeanne rose above 660 on Tuesday and government officials were still struggling to reach areas cut off by flood waters.
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Workers used dump trucks to empty more than 100 bodies into a 14-foot-deep hole on Wednesday &#151; the first mass grave for the more than 1,070 flood victims of Tropical Storm Jeanne. Bystanders shrieked, held their noses against the stench and demanded that officials collect bodies in waterlogged fields. The government late Wednesday said up to 1,250 people were still missing and that the death toll could rise to 2,000 people.
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Disaster relief operations are underway in Haiti, where about 700 people were killed and at least 1,000 are missing in flooding spawned by Tropical Storm Jeanne.
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Dozens have died in Haiti as a result of floods accompanying a tropical storm which swept through the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.
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GONAIVES, Haiti - Rescuers pulled bodies from floodwaters that raged through parts of Haiti's third-largest city, sweeping people from their homes and forcing survivors to spend the night in trees, atop cars and on rooftops following Tropical Storm Jeanne. The death toll nearly doubled to 241 Monday evening after dozens more bodies were recovered...
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GONAIVES, Haiti - Workers used dump trucks to empty more than 100 bodies into a 14-foot-deep hole on Wednesday - the first mass grave for the more than 1,070 flood victims of Tropical Storm Jeanne. Bystanders shrieked, held their noses against the stench and demanded that officials collect bodies in waterlogged fields...
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With the death toll in Haiti by Tropical Storm Jeanne rising to more than 1,000 on Thursday, panic erupted in some disaster areas for fear of being unable to get food and water supplies, news from Haiti said.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE : Tropical Storm Jeanne has claimed the lives of at least 75 Haitians, with dozens more unaccounted for, officials from Haiti&#39;s Interior Ministry said.
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The death toll in Haiti from Tropical Storm Jeanne rose to more than 1,000 Wednesday while emergency food aid was distributed to thousands of people who were made homeless in the deadly storm.
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GONAIVES, Haiti - The death toll from Tropical Storm Jeanne shot up to an estimated 1,500 Saturday, with hundreds of Haitians still missing as a thunderstorm drenched the homeless who are living on rooftops and sidewalks.    U.N...
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GONAIVES, Haiti  - More than a week after  devastating floods hit northern Haiti the death count rose  sharply as reports came in from remote areas on Monday and aid  workers struggled to feed thousands of desperate people.
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Heavy flooding in Somalia killed at least seven people overnight, bringing the death toll to 80 from three weeks of torrential rains, witnesses and aid workers have said.
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Dominican authorities reported 11 more deaths Thursday in floods caused by Tropical Storm Olga, raising the Caribbean-wide death toll to 25.
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FLOODS triggered by Tropical Storm Jeanne in Haiti over the weekend have left 709 people dead, Red Cross and UN officials said today.
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GONAIVES, Haiti - The death toll across Haiti from the weekend deluges brought by Tropical Storm Jeanne rose to 691 Tuesday, with 600 of them in Gonaives, and officials said they expected to find more dead and estimated tens of thousands of people were homeless.    Waterlines up to 10 feet high on Gonaives' buildings marked the worst of the storm that sent water gushing down denuded hills, destroying homes and crops in the Artibonite region that is Haiti's breadbasket...