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United States. It also drove 7,000 slum dwellers into a

half dozen squalid shelters in the

capital, Santo Domingo. Damages to farms, roads and

buildings from the late September

1998 rampage of Hurricane Georges surpassed $1.2 billion in

the Dominican Republic.

The hurricane hit several large islands in its march across

the Caribbean, but damage and

death were especially heavy in the Dominican Republic. In

addition to personnel and

supplies from the United States, aid came in from France,

Spain, Italy, Canada, Chile and

other nations. The government also sought help from the

World Bank and other

international agencies. Only 5% of the country’s tourism

centers were damaged by the

storm,Montas said. But some of the natural beauty that

draws tourists will need time to

recover.”Our ecology has suffered serious damages from the

severe deforestation caused

by the hurricane,” said Omar Ramirez, director of national

parks. Underscoring the

desperation after Georges, a mob of hungry people swarmed

an aid convoy bringing food,

water and second-hand clothes from the United States to

victims of Hurricane Georges.

Relief workers and police beat them back with sticks, to

little avail. In the end, the aid

went not to those most in need, but to those who could jump