Tropical Storm Noel batters Dominican Republic: at least eight reported dead
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Santo Domingo.- At least eight people reported dead, uncalculated damage to farming and many areas without power is the tragic result of Tropical Storm Noel, which has been affecting most of the Dominican Republic since Sunday.
A Naval corporal and his brother were killed in the Santo Domingo neighborhood of La Cienega, when water levels rose in a gully, according to Emergency Operations Center (COE) head, retired General Luis A. Luna Paulino, who also reported the death by drowning of a woman in the central province of Bonao.
In Haina, San Crist?bal province (west of the capital) three people were killed in a landslide, according to the provincial governor. Meanwhile, in the south western province of San Jos? de Ocoa three further deaths have been reported as a result of the heavy rains, said the COE.