laht.com reported at least 3,603 people have been displaced, 606 homes damaged or destroyed and 23 communities cut off as a result of intense rains over the past two days in the Dominican Republic, emergency authorities said Sunday.
The rain caused flooding throughout the eastern and northeastern portions of the country, the COE emergency operations committee reported, adding that two bridges, an electrical substation and a hospital had been damaged.
Authorities have declared an alert in 18 of the country’s 32 provinces, with the most heavily affected being San Pedro de Macoris in the east, where floodwaters have cut the land connections with several towns and destroyed dozens of homes. Read Article
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jamaica-gleaner.com reported the police are searching for 44-year-old American tourist, Roger Nautu. The police say the man, from Killeen in Texas in the United States, who was vacationing at a St. James resort, has been missing since Sunday. Nautu is of brown complexion, slim build and is about 5 feet 11 inches tall. The police […]
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gardonnews reported a Russian tourist removed his life by cutting the veins, room 5215 Fontana Vecchia hotel, on the beach in the paraje El Madrid, in Punta Cana. The forensic doctor white Mayán certified that Russian Plav Anatoli, of 36 years, died from a hemorrhage. He said they found a note written in Russian, where […]
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elmasvariado.blogspot.com reported a Canadian tourist died of a heart attack when he was accosted by a woman and collapsed, falling to the floor with many dollars, which were picked up and stolen by people who were in their surroundings, fact happened in Sosua, Puerto Plata. The victim was Rocco Heropoli, 59 years of age; who […]
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USATODAY/AP reported an American man vacationing in Jamaica died Tuesday after being struck in the head by a personal watercraft off a popular western beach town, police said. Constable Carla Francis of the Jamaican police force’s communications office identified him as Thomas Torres, 63, of Las Vegas, Nevada. Read Article
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globalnews.ca reported an Ontario family’s idyllic vacation in the tropics might have ended in tragedy were it not for a mix of luck and knowing how to keep calm in a crisis. Jonathan and Heather Hubble, along with their 11-month-old daughter, travelled to Barbados in early March. Jonathan, making his way downstairs from the other […]
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U.S. Embassy Guayana The Embassy has received unconfirmed threat information relating to Caribbean Airlines flights destined for the United States departing on Monday, February 10, 2014. Out of an abundance of caution, the Embassy advises all U.S. Citizens in Guyana traveling on Caribbean Airlines (CAL) to the United States from Monday, February 10 through Wednesday, […]
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Reuters.com reported that an elderly German tourist has been murdered by a gunman outside a shopping mall on Margarita Island Venezuela. The event occurred last Friday, authorities said, in the latest incident illustrating the country’s rampant crime. The victim was identified as Goldhahm Hors Kurt, 76, from Germany. Read Article
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huffingtonpost.com reported that a U.S. tourist vacationing in Jamaica died Tuesday after being struck in the head by a personal watercraft off a popular western beach town, police said. Constable Carla Francis of the Jamaican police force’s communications office identified him as Thomas Torres, 63, of Las Vegas, Nevada. Torres was swimming in the placid […]
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nypost.com reported that more than 300 people are sick with bouts of vomiting and diarrhea on board a Royal Caribbean cruise ship, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There are 3,050 passengers and 1,165 crew members aboard the ship, the Explorer of the Seas, whose home port is at Bayonne, NJ. […]
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