Rains kill 8 in Haiti, cause major flooding in Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico

Heavy rains caused by a cluster of storms in the northern Caribbean killed at least eight people in Haiti and caused major flooding on Tuesday in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, authorities said. Three children died in the capital of Port-au-Prince after the wall of a home fell on them, said civil protection officer Nadia Lochard. Five other people died in the northern city of Cap-Haitien, officials said. More than 1,200 homes in Cap-Haitien were also flooded, and authorities say a vast number of crops have been damaged and livestock killed. In the nearby Dominican province of Monte Cristi, across the border that Haiti shares with the Dominican Republic, authorities evacuated several families after a river overflowed its banks and cut off access to several communities.

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