At least 38 people were killed in Haiti and the Dominican Republic Tuesday as Tropical Storm Noel crossed this Caribbean region, bringing heavy rain and flooding, officials said.
The Dominican National Emergency Agency said Noel packed heavy rains across the western Caribbean while it pushed through Cuba Tuesday, causing floods and mudslides.
Forecasters projected the storm would emerge over water Wednesday near Cuba's Cayo Coco resort area and head northeast toward the Bahamas.
It left at least 30 people dead and 15 reported missing in the Dominican Republic and some eight people dead in Haiti.
The Dominican National Emergency Committee said nearly 20,000 people had to evacuate their homes across the country.
The storm cut a destructive path across the island of Hispaniola, the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Hundreds also were evacuated from the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, where muddy water was so deep in some streets that people swam in it.
In Cuba, the government said about 1,000 homes had suffered damage, 2,000 people had been evacuated from low-lying areas across the island and schools were closed for several thousand students.
Source: Xinhua
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