Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Haiti Storm Update and New Photo of Kids

Gustav death toll 77 in Haiti, eight missing
1 day ago

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) — Hurricane storm Gustav killed 77 people and left eight others missing when it barreled through Haiti last week, officials here said Monday.

Officials said another 36 people were injured by the storm, which last week struck the island of Hispaniola, shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti -- the hemisphere's most impoverished country -- as a Category One hurricane.

Gustav regained hurricane strength as it plowed through the Cayman Islands and Cuba, and then battered the US Gulf coast on Monday as a Category Two hurricane.

Officials here said some 15,000 Haitian families were affected by the storm, which leveled some 3,000 dwellings and damaged another 11,458.

No word on the orphanage, but no news is good news, we are sure. We feel that the kids will be safe when there are storms there, but still wish we could be the ones comforting them! Here is our latest update picture from the orphanage:

3 comments:

Kathy Cassel said...

I hope you get your China referral soon. This waiting is enough to "kill" a person.

CG said...

Ugh... not to mention that 18 Haitians have been killed in the last couple of days by tropical storm Hanna. The last few weeks have been so rough for this tiny country!

Fliss and Mike Adventures said...

Oh the storms... the sooner this season is over the better...

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