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Thousands of homes destroyed
Noel’s outer bands pounded Hispaniola Tuesday, loosening denuded hillsides and endangering makeshift homes in gullies vulnerable to flash floods.
In the Dominican Republic, more than 50,000 people were driven from their homes and nearly 12,000 homes were damaged, while mudslides and swollen rivers have isolated 36 towns, said Dominican emergency services spokesman Luis Luna Paulino. He said 41 people were killed and 20 were missing.
About 1,000 prisoners were evacuated from a penitentiary because of flooding,
-- Excerpted from: Tropical Storm Noel kills 60 - Weather - MSNBC.com
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