ANY MORE ON HAITI? THE ISLAND THAT WENT MISSING?

[MaryH]

I can't find the thread and am not seeing anything about it anywhere but here.

[oldlady]

1. I'm looking for the same thing

and couldn't find anything on google either-- but, I remember that the linked article was in Spanish-- my family says it must not be true or we'd be hearing about it everywhere... what gives?

[Bluebear]

2. Latest is 700 dead, 1000 missing. It's horrible.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040922/ts_nm/weather_haiti_dc_19

GONAIVES, Haiti (Reuters) - Survivors of devastating flooding in Haiti wandered mud-clogged streets in search of food on Tuesday as officials said more than 700 people had been killed and at least 1,000 were missing.

Tropical Storm Jeanne swept north of Haiti during the weekend, drenching the impoverished Caribbean nation of 8 million, inundating cities and sending deadly mudslides through towns and villages.

Officials at the Office of Civil Protection in Port-au-Prince said 709 deaths had been confirmed in the flood-stricken areas and 1,050 people were missing.

Most of the dead were in the swamped coastal city of Gonaives and the toll was likely to rise as relief workers reached areas isolated by the floods.

"As the water recedes we begin to see bodies emerge from the mud," said Fernando Arroyo, a U.N. official in Gonaives. "There are bodies scattered on the roads, in the streets."

[cally]

3. There was a later report that the

Island of Tortuga did not disappear. I haven't seen any reports since this morning. Haiti was hit exceptionally hard with the last hurricane. I don't think we'll have real info for a few days.

[MaryH]

4. I WENT OUT

on Haiti News and couldn't find anything.

[spinbaby]

5. I read somewhere last night...

...I forget where, that a small uninhabited island NEAR Tortuga disappeared. That was evidentially where the story got started.

[Silverhair]

6. No island went missing. Bad report.

Hurricanes can't wipe out volcanic islands. They can rearrange small "sand only" islands.