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| September 4, 2008 Hanna's death toll climbs to 61 in Haiti
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GONAIVES, Haiti (AP) - Authorities in Haiti say the death toll
from Tropical Storm Hanna has more than doubled to 61 in the
impoverished Caribbean country.
The Civil Protection Department reports that flooding is
responsible for most of the deaths.
Department spokesman Abel Nazaire says 21 of the deaths were in
Gonaives. That northern city has been almost entirely cut off by
floodwaters from the storm.
Lakes have formed over every road in Gonaives and officials are
rushing food and other supplies to residents who were stranded by
floodwaters.
Hanna was skirting the Bahamas on Thursday. It is also blamed
for one death in Puerto Rico.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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