Deadly Haiti mudslides
Heavy rain hammered southern Haiti for a seventh straight day Tuesday, triggering floods and mudslides and causing houses and shanties in the capital to collapse. The official death toll was 23 but could rise as remnants of the storm lingered.
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Rescue workers carry away the body of a person who was killed in a landslide after heavy rains in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday June 7, 2011.
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Runoff from the rain sent rivers surging and flooded many homes as people scrambled to their rooftops. The slow-moving storm system also toppled trees and debris blocked streets throughout the capital.
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People watch rescue efforts after a deadly landslide was triggered by heavy rains in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday June 7, 2011.
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In neighboring Haiti, more than 200 people sought shelter after a lake on the country's border with the Dominican Republic burst its banks over the weekend, said Lesly Dorce, an official with Haiti's Civil Protection Department.
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People watch rescue efforts next to the bodies of two people killed by a landslide caused by heavy rains in Port-au–Prince, Haiti, Tuesday June 7, 2011.
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In Haiti, the week of pounding rain has deepened the misery for tens of thousands of people living in the tent-and-tarp settlements that sprung up after the January 2010 earthquake. Aid groups have warned that the wet weather could worsen a cholera outbreak that has killed more than 5,300 people since October. Michel Davison, a coordinator for the International Desk of the U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, said satellite data indicate that rain drenched Haiti along the border with the Dominican Republic for at least six hours Monday night, dumping between four to six inches.
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The bodies of two children who died in a landslide while they were sleeping in a wood shack lie at the site of the disaster in Port-au–Prince, Haiti, Tuesday June 7, 2011.
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At least 23 people were killed and more than a dozen injured, said Edgar Joseph, a spokesman for Haiti's Civil Protection Department. Most of the deaths were in Port-au-Prince and they included two who died over the weekend, he said.
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A woman reacts at the site of a deadly landslide in Port-au–Prince, Haiti, Tuesday June 7, 2011.
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"That's a fairly intense rainfall amount," Michel Davison said in a phone interview. "That's been happening now for five, seven days. The ground is so saturated at this point that it doesn't take much to produce floods." Davison said Haiti will see more rain Wednesday, but should get a much-needed reprieve later the week. Two children died and three others were injured in the Nazon neighborhood in Port-au-Prince after the wall of a home fell on them, according to the Civil Protection Department.
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People watch rescue workers carry away the body of a person of a person who was killed in a landslide after heavy rains in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday June 7, 2011.
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