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October 29, 2012

Sandy Kills 66 in Haiti, Cuba 
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The storm has already killed 66 people in the Caribbean, where it
battered Haiti and Cuba. In Haiti, a top U.N. relief official warned of
a heightened risk of a new outbreak of waterborne disease.

Johan Peleman: "So, the entire southern peninsula, including the
province, the county where Port-au-Prince is, had been — has been
very heavily affected with flooding. Rivers have burst out of their
banks, the canals running through Port-au-Prince, because Port-au-Prince
lies in a valley surrounded by hills. What we fear most is that there
might be spikes in waterborne diseases, especially cholera, which we
always see after flooding or rains in Haiti."

 

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