Thu, Sep 30, 2004 - Page 7 News List

Gang attacks add to Haiti's woes

FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL Armed gangs have held up relief convoys, further hindering the delivery of badly needed food and water to the survivors of Tropical Storm Jeanne

AP , GONAIVES, HAITI

Another 50 people were missing from their village since Tropical Jeanne's torrential rains unleashed torrents of mudslides and burst river banks that engulfed this northwest area of Haiti.

"It was like a wave," Delva Delivra, a 64-year-old father of five, said of the disaster. "All of a sudden it was five feet and it was just killing everybody."

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