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Tropical Storm Noel Kills 20

After slamming Haiti and Dominican Republic, heads for Cuba, Bahamas

By Emily Roysdon, Newser User

Posted Oct 29, 2007 6:37 PM CDT

(Newser) – Tropical Storm Noel slammed into the Dominican Republic today with torrential rain and mudslides, leaving 20 people dead and another 20 missing. Noel was expected to drop as much as 20 inches of rain on Hispaniola, the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, before heading northwest toward the Bahamas and Cuba, CNN reports.

Schools and shops were closed, and many towns were cut off by impassable and downed power lines. No deaths were reported in Haiti, where floods earlier this month killed at least 37 and sent more than 4,000 people to shelters.

A man takes photos of the waves and clouds produced by tropical storm Noel at the seafront of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) (Associated Press)

A 5-Day Track Forecast Cone graphic of Tropical Storm Noel from the National Hurricane Center. (http://www.nhc.noaa.gov)

UPDATES storm path; graphic shows location of Tropical Storm Noel and its projected path as of 8 a.m. EST; 1c x 4 inches; 46.5 mm x 101.6 mm (Associated Press)

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