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| 'Hundreds' killed by Haiti storm |
| Almost 500 bodies have been found in the port city of Gonaives, Haiti, after floodwaters caused by recent storms receded, according
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 6-September-2008
8:19:46 AM |
| Police commissioner Ernst Dorfeuille said 495 bodies had been found and the toll could get higher.
A ship carrying 33 tons of UN aid arrived in Haiti on Friday to help an estimated 600,000 people struggling in the wake of tropical storm Hanna.
The storm is heading for the US, while Hurricane Ike threatens the Bahamas.
See Ike's predicted path
The US National Hurricane Center says Ike is a Category Three hurricane, with winds of up to 185 km/h (115mph).
It is expected to pass near or over the Turks and Caicos Islands and south-eastern Bahamas late on Saturday or early Sunday.
By then it could be a major hurricane, forecasters say.
Tropical storm Hanna made landfall in the US early on Saturday, dropping heavy rain on beaches near the border between North and South Carolina.
Storm warnings are in force along the Atlantic coast from Georgia to New Jersey.
In Haiti, the devastation from the storm in Gonaives has been described as catastrophic.
Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis said her newly-installed government would take the necessary measures to help victims.
Stench of death
Commissioner Dorfeuille told Reuters new agency: "The weather is calm now and we are discovering more bodies. We have found 495 bodies so far and there are 13 people missing.
"The smell of the dead is very unpleasant in Gonaives. The death toll could be even higher."
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