Реферат: Hurricane Georges Essay Research Paper Hurricane GeorgesA

missing and feared dead from the storm, which struck Haiti

on Sept. 23, Deslorges said.

Most of the Haitian deaths were blamed on flooding and mud

slides in rural, mountainous

areas. For generations, Haitian peasants have cut down

trees to make charcoal, denuding

mountains and leaving them unable to absorb rainfall. A

flash flood nearly destroyed the

southeastern border town of Fonds Verrettes, where 102

people died. Georges destroyed

thousands of homes and killed more than 56,000 head of

livestock, Deslorges said.

Finance and Economics Minister Fred Joseph has estimated

agricultural damage at more

than $300 million. The United States has provided $12

million in relief aid, Taiwan

$300,000 and the U.N. Development Program $100,000. Canada,

Germany and Japan

also have donated relief funds and supplies. Georges killed

five people in Cuba, three in

Puerto Rico, three in St. Kitts and Nevis, and two in

Antigua.

Hurricane Georges crashed into the Dominican Republic on

September 22, 1998,

touching off flood waters that swallowed up hundreds,

perhaps thousands, of flimsy

homes along a river bank in the Sabana Perdida shantytown.

The storm killed more than

370 people in the Caribbean over 200 in the Dominican