Caribbean deaths mount in

wake of Tropical Storm Noel

Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:45pm GMT

By German Marte

SANTO DOMINGO, Oct 31 (Reuters) - The death toll from Tropical Storm Noel . . .i climbed above 60 on Wednesday and . . . it could surge higher after two rivers broke their banks and swept away a Dominican village.

. . . the El Duey and Haina rivers swelled over their banks . . .and drowned at least 25 people, left 50 to 100 missing and made dozens of families homeless in Villa Altagracia, about 26 miles outside . . . Santo Domingo.

. . . emergency workers fanned out to bring aid to towns and villages cut off by raging rivers and inundated by chest-high floods.

A least 25,540 people were homeless and 6,300 homes had been destroyed, said Luis Luna Paulino, head of the Dominican Republic's emergency operations. He appealed to boat owners to help rescue people trapped in cut-off villages

FULL STORY HERE: Caribbean deaths mount in wake of Tropical Storm Noel | Reuters

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