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Saturday, 23 August 2008 |
Tropical Storm Fay blew through the Caribbean leaving at least 50 people dead in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
A Haitian lawmaker, speaking on Radio Vision 2000 said that at least 30 people were killed when a bus carrying 43 people attempted to cross a river flooded by Tropical Storm Fay.
"Only 13 people have been found," said Deputy Arluche Louis-Juene, as rescue workers searched for bodies after the bus was swept away while trying to cross the Riviere Glace River on Sunday.
Officials in the Dominican Republic said at least seven people were killed as the storm made its way across the country over the weekend.
In Jamaica, police said that they had found the body of an unidentified woman in a sports utility vehicle that had been attempting to cross a flooded section of the road in the capital on Sunday.
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