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Tropical Storm Franklin churned through the Caribbean Sea on Monday as authorities in Haiti and the Dominican Republic warned residents to prepare for landslides and heavy floods. The storm was ...
The storm began to slowly spin away late Wednesday afternoon from the island of Hispaniola that the Dominican Republic shares with Haiti after dumping heavy rain for several hours.
Franklin, which brought stormy winds and rain across the Dominican Republic and neighboring Haiti, is forecast to gather strength over the Atlantic Ocean and could become a hurricane this weekend ...
Authorities in the Dominican Republic shut schools and government offices Tuesday as Tropical Storm Franklin took aim at the island of Hispaniola that it shares with Haiti and threatened to ...
Haiti's unique position and geography in the Caribbean makes it especially vulnerable to many kinds of natural disasters. The most notable of these disasters are landfalls from tropical cyclones, major earthquakes (due to its position over an active fault line), and general flooding events (often accompanied with landslides that kill hundreds).
Tropical-storm winds, several inches of rain, storm surge and rough surf might impact countries beyond the Caribbean islands. Wind: Tropical-storm conditions are possible across Haiti through tonight.
The United States Navy sent three vessels to Haiti to help respond to the storm – the USS George Washington, USS Mesa Verde, and the USNS Comfort, the last of which functions as a hospital ship. [74] The Mesa Verde, stationed off Haiti's southern coast, had personnel and supplies for areas inaccessible by road. [133]
The storm reached its peak intensity on September 20 with winds of 155 mph (249 km/h), just below Category 5 status on the Saffir–Simpson scale. [ 1 ] Over the following five days, the hurricane tracked through the Greater Antilles , causing over 600 fatalities, mainly in Haiti and the Dominican Republic .