Реферат: Hurricane Georges Essay Research Paper Hurricane GeorgesA

hundreds of irrigation canals dug crosswise into the

fertile ground soon overran their

banks. Huge stretches of the valley were transformed into a

lake, leaving thousands

stranded. Georges did produce a windfall of sorts in the

nearby village of Salifoudret,

where it flooded houses, then deposited tons of sand on top

of the ready-for-harvest rice

fields. Each fall, in the rainy season, sand washes into

Salifoudret and the residents gather

it to sell to construction companies for $16 a truckload.

The deposits have never been as

big as this year, residents said, as dozens loaded 150-

pound baskets of sand on their

heads and sorted it into 6-foot piles along the riverbed so

trucks could cart it away.