(CNN) -- Forty-eight people were killed in flooding and mudslides when Tropical Storm Noel hit the Dominican Republic and Haiti, officials said Wednesday as the storm moved off Cuba.
Rain clouds on the edges of Tropical Storm Noel loom over Miami Beach, Florida, on Wednesday.




The storm forced 37,500 people from their homes in those countries, which share the island of Hispaniola.





Of the 48 who died, 30 were killed in the Dominican Republic, according to the nation's Center for Emergency Operations, which also reported that 25,000 fled their homes

SOURCE: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/weathe...ion=cnn_latest

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