Monday, October 29, 2012

Death Toll for Hurricane Sandy Rises- Kennedi Mayes


"The whole south is under water."  Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe said while describing the damage hurricane Sandy has done to the Caribbean. Haiti received the most damage and has a number of about 51 deaths out of the 65 reported deaths and the numbers are still rising. Haiti was drenched in three days’ worth of rain and most of the deaths occurred in Port-Au-Prince, where the houses are still flimsy little sheds because of the earthquake a few years ago. Following Haiti is Cuba with 11 reported deaths. Luckily, the rivers have been reported to be receding again and people are hanging their things out to dry in the sun and gathering their bearings. Several thousand homes have been damaged and enough bridges have fallen down to leave towns stranded. Some towns in Jamaica have even had supplies shipped to them because they have access to nothing.

It saddens me to hear about things like this and people can do nothing about the terrible situation that they’re in. I send my condolences out to the families that lost loved ones and pray that no one else will be lost from this storm.

My source:

http://news.yahoo.com/hurricanes-death-toll-rises-65-caribbean-131150947.html

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