Storm's Toll Rises To 1,500 in Haiti

Saturday, September 25, 2004 at 06:05PM
TheSpook

The death toll from Tropical Storm Jeanne reached 1,500 Saturday, with 900 people still missing, Haitian officials said, as a thunderstorm drenched survivors living on rooftops and sidewalks.  U.N. peacekeepers said they were sending reinforcements to help keep order among desperate Haitians, who have been looting aid trucks and mobbing food distribution centers. [more ]

Article originally appeared on (http://brownwatch.com/).