[NYTr] Felix Toll in Nicaragua Rises; More than 40 Dead
 
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 16:54:35 -0500 (CDT)


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Felix Toll in Nicaragua Rises; More than 40 Dead

Managua, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) The official death toll caused by
category 5 Hurricane Felix rose above 40 in Nicaragua Thursday, and may
rise above that, since dead are reported in the waters of Honduras and
on Misquitios keys.

RAAN Governor (North Atlantic Autonomous Region) Reynaldo Francis said
that people rescued in the Misquitos keys report people dead on those
islands, where fishing communities of Miskito Indians live on reefs
along the Honduran-Nicaraguan border.

SINAPRED director (National System for Disaster Prevention, Mitigation
and Assistance) Col. Ramon Arnesto Soza reported tens of thousands of
people have been left homeless by the hurricane.

According to Soza, the nearly 50,000 affected people have begun
receiving government aid, while international aid is starting to arrive
in Nicaragua.

The Honduran president sent 10 military doctors, who the joined Cuban
Medical Brigade which has been in RAAN since April, as part of the
agreements of cooperation in the area of health signed between Havana
and Managua.

The US sent a military Chinook helicopter to aid local Air Force in
rescue operations, while a Venezuelan airplane is expected today with
food, water, and medicine.

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