Death toll in Haiti rises to 1,160
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Sept 24 (AFP) - The
death toll in northern Haiti's flooding rose to 1,160, with 1,250 missing,
Civil Protection Office spokesman Dieufort Delorge announced Friday.
With most of those missing feared dead, the toll was expected to continue to mount as rescuers make their way through mud, high water and debris they have not yet been able to search.
The floods were spawned on September 18 by Jeanne, then a tropical storm, which has now strengthened into a hurricane that threatens Florida's Atlantic coast.
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