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The second hurricane to strike in less than a week prompted more than 800,000 people to evacuate coastal areas of eastern
The hurricane made landfall at Punta Lucrecia late Sunday, the head of
Packing 120-mile (195-kilometer) per hour winds, Ike is the second powerful storm in just eight days to strike
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Just before dawn, the eye of storm was practically over Cabo Lucrecia on the northern coast of eastern
Ike plowed across the Turks and Caicos as a powerful Category Four storm late Saturday, causing injuries and extensive damage on the British territory and tourist haven, before weakening.
The hurricane raked the
The main concern is now in
Officials continued aid operations in the flood-stricken town of
"Many homes were destroyed in Cabaret, and we have seen some bodies of children in the water," a journalist for UN radio who spent the night on the roof of his house told AFP.
Hundreds of bodies were found in
U.N. peacekeepers on Saturday evacuated several thousand residents from
Some 650,000 Haitians have been affected by the flooding, including 300,000 children, and the task of delivering crucial aid has been complicated by dismal transport conditions, according to the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Officials said 200,000 people were without food and clean water, many for four days.
"What has happened here is unimaginable," Member of Parliament Pierre-Gerome Valcine told AFP from Cabaret, 35 kilometers (22 miles) north of the capital.
Massive flooding over the past week in the poorest country in the
Pope Benedict XVI said special prayers for the stricken country.
"I want to remember the dear population of
More stormy weather hampered relief efforts Sunday. Heavy rains brought down a key bridge which severed the only viable land route to
The bridge gave way at the town of
Many bridges in other areas of
Ike was expected to eventually careen past
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