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09/20/2004:

"Floods Kill at Least 241 in Haiti"

By AMY BRACKEN, Associated Press Writer

GONAIVES, Haiti - Rescuers pulled bodies from floodwaters that raged through parts of Haiti's third-largest city, sweeping people from their homes and forcing survivors to spend the night in trees, atop cars and on rooftops following Tropical Storm Jeanne. The death toll nearly doubled to 241 Monday evening after dozens more bodies were recovered.

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