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At least 80 killed as Tropical Storm Noel aims for the Bahamas |
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Floods and landslides triggered by Tropical Storm Noel killed at least 80 people in the Caribbean as the weather system shifted its sights Thursday to the Bahamas. At least 56 people were killed and dozens missing in the Dominican Republic, said Luis Luna Palino, head of the country's National Emergencies Center (CNE). Floods forced people to climb onto their roofs or perch on trees in affected areas. In one Santo Domingo neighborhood entire houses disappeared under the flood waters. In neighboring Haiti, at least 24 people were killed, Civil Protection officials said. Separately, at least one person was killed and eight were reported missing Wednesday due to floods and landslides caused by heavy rain unrelated to Noel in the southern Mexican state of Tabasco. The center of Noel ripped through central and eastern Cuba on Wednesday, where no casualties were reported though more than 20,000 people were evacuated from the storm's path. Source : Yahoo News
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