Caribbean storm floods leave at least 270 dead

RESCUE workers dumped 60 corpses into a mass grave yesterday as the death toll rose to 270 in floods that swept away a small village on the Dominican Republic's border with Haiti.

At least 270 people were believed dead in both countries which share the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.

Frantic relatives dug through the mud in Jimani in search of loved ones as emergency workers, wearing white gloves and face masks, watched as trucks dumped naked corpses into a 15-foot ditch left partially uncovered to hold more bodies. No families were present.