In the Caribbean, more than 80 people have been killed in flooding from Tropical Storm Noel. At least 56 have died in the Dominican Republic, and some 25,000 have been left homeless. The death toll has hit 24 in neighboring Haiti. An unidentified flooding victim in Port-au-Prince described her ordeal.

Unidentified Port-au-Prince resident: “For three days, we have been without food or clothes. I called the U.N. troops to see if I could get inside the shelter to see my two children, and they would not let me in.”

Haiti is especially vulnerable to flooding because most of its trees have been cut down to make charcoal. Noel passed through Cuba last night with no reported casualties.