The Dominican government has expressed its condolences to the authorities and people of the United States for the loss of human lives and damage caused by hurricane Katrina in the southern states. El Caribe reports that Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, sent a message to the US Embassy here expressing the condolences of President Fernandez’s government and the Dominican people to the relatives of the storm’s victims. The note also expresses solidarity with people who have lost their property. Morales stated: “We want the American people to know that our concern, our pain and our sadness for the situation they are going through, is sincere.” Hurricane Katrina has a reported death toll of 100 and large-scale material damage throughout the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.