Floods from Tropical Storm Jeanne Kill 90 in Haiti

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As if these people haven't had a miserable-enough year.. :-(

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=6274516&src=rss/domesticNews§ion=news

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) - Floods and mudslides from Tropical Storm Jeanne killed about 90 people in Haiti and more were missing in the Caribbean nation on Sunday as the storm swirled in the Atlantic east of the Bahamas, a civil protection official said.

Jeanne previously killed 11 people and destroyed hundreds of houses in the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti.

Two days of steady rain sent torrents down the mountains in the Artibonite and Northwest provinces of Haiti, causing rivers to burst their banks and triggering mudslides, civil defense officials said.

[Pirate Smile]

1. Good Lord, where the hell is this one supposed to be headed?

I have hurricane fatigue and I don't live anywhere near any place that the hurricane's touch in any way.

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. Haiti has been an environmenal disaster waiting to happen for

a long time. They've clearcut their trees for fuel and the landslides were probably a result of long-term practices. Also, the poverty level is so high, it's unlikely that adequate shelter was provided for its people.