Tropical Storm - Caribean Area - Haiti

EDIS Number: TC-20080817-18096-HTI Date / time: 17/08/2008 03:30:11 Event: Tropical Storm Area: Caribean Area Country: Haiti State/County: Ouest City: Leogane Number of Deads: 50 persons Number of Injured:None or unknow Damage level: Minor Description: Flooding from Tropical Storm Fay killed two people and left two children missing in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, authorities said Saturday as the cyclone spun toward Cuba. A man died Saturday in Haiti while trying to cross a river in Leogane, south of Port-au-Prince, said Marie Alta Jean-Baptiste, head of Haiti's civil protection department. No further information was immediately available. Crops in the Artibonite Valley, Haiti's most fertile region, were flooded, according to reports from Radio Ginen. The extent of the damage was unclear, and agriculture officials could... [read full story]