HAVANA, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) --
Raging tropical storm "Fay" has brought floods to Haiti, killing at least 50
people in Haiti when the bus they were aboard was dragged by a river due to the
strong rain the storm produced, authorities said on Monday.
Tropical Storm Fay as seen over the Caribbean Sea in
this National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite
image taken at 16:15 GMT on Aug. 17, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo
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According to information reaching here from Port au
Prince, capital of Haiti on Monday, in the bus there were some 80 people, and
among them there were many children.
The waters of the Glace river, in the province of
Grand-Anse (southwest), dragged the bus on Sunday and only 25 people survived
because they reached the roof of the bus. The rest of the passengers are
missing.
"Fay" crossed on Monday the Cuban territory from south
to north.
The National Center of Hurricanes from Miami said
that "Fay" has winds of 85 kilometers per hour and superior gusts.
"Fay" is moving to some 20 kilometers per hour and it
is expected to become into hurricane when it goes out again to the sea, before
it reaches Florida in the Unites States.
Cuban authorities announced emergency measures due to
the possibility of floods in the coast zones.
"Fay" has killed at least four people in
Dominican Republic and left thousands of homeless people.
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) --
Tropical storm "Fay" moved over the Caribbean Sea, heading toward Cuba and
Mexico, Mexican Civil Protection and National Meteorology Service said Sunday.
The two institutions said the
tropical storm, at 10:00 a.m. local time (1600 GMT), was located some 865 km
east of the Mexican coastal city of Cancun, and some 125 km southeast of Cuba's
central city of Camaguey. Full story
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Raging tropical
storm "Fay" has brought floods to Haiti and the Dominican Republic, killing at
least four people, according to information reaching here Saturday.
A man died Saturday in Haiti while trying to cross a
river in Leogane, south of Port-au-Prince, AP cited Haitian official Marie Alta
Jean-Baptiste as saying. Full story
