Haiti and Dominican Republic fight to recover from floods disaster

HELICOPTERS loaded with drinking water and medicine touched down yesterday in remote villages devastated by floods in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Haiti and Dominican Republic fight to recover from floods disaster

On the Dominican side, another 23 bodies were recovered overnight near the border town of Jimani, where corpses were washing downstream into a saltwater lake crowded with crocodiles.

In Haiti, bodies floated near the tops of palm trees, and thousands of survivors were isolated by mudslides. Forecasters were still predicting more rain.

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