DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CLEAN UP CONTINUES IN JIMANI AFTER TORRENTIAL RAIN CAUSED FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES.

Record ID: 648909

  • Title: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CLEAN UP CONTINUES IN JIMANI AFTER TORRENTIAL RAIN CAUSED FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES.
  • Date: 31st May 2004
  • Summary: (W8) JIMANI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (MAY 31,2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. LAS: HELICOPTER FLYING OVER HEAD. 0.04 2. VARIOUS: OF EMERGENCY WORKERS ARRIVING WITH CANINE UNITS. (6 SHOTS) 0.28 3. CU: DEAD ANIMAL. 0.32 4. LAS/WS/SCU: OF STREET SCENES. (2 SHOTS) 0.44 5. WS: SOLDIERS AT GATE OF WAREHOUSE WHERE AID IS BEING STORED. 0.52 6. CU: BULLDOZER DUMPING LOAD OF CLOTHES INTO TRUCK. 0.56 7. VARIOUS: OF PEOPLE SEARCHING THROUGH CLOTHES. (3 SHOTS) 1.10 8. WS/PAN: DOMINICAN SOLDIERS ON SITE. 1.20 9. VARIOUS; OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RED CROSS CENTRE. PAN TO INFLATABLE DINGHY. (2 shots) 1.29 10. VARIOUS: OF PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE CENTRE. (3 SHOTS) 1.36 11. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) UNIDENTIFIED RESIDENT, SAYING: "We're dying of hunger. Those people (referring to relief workers) who bring in relief supplies are storing it away for themselves." 1.48 12. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ANOTHER UNIDENTIFIED RESIDENT, SAYING: "There are people who are dying of hunger who come here looking for food and they leave empty handed." 1.59 13. MLV: SOLDIERS IN STREET. 2.05 14. VARIOUS: OF WORKERS CLEARING AWAY DEBRIS FROM STREETS. (2 SHOTS) 2.14 15. VARIOUS: OF WORKERS CLEARING AWAY DEBRIS FROM TOWN SQUARE. (3 SHOTS) 2.23 (U7) JIMANI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (MAY 31, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 16. GV: OF DESTROYED NEIGHBOURHOOD. 2.29 17. MV: PEOPLE WALKING IN FRONT OF DESTROYED HOME. 2.34 18. WS/MV: OF PEOPLE CLEANING UP AROUND THEIR HOMES. (2 SHOTS) 2.42 19. CU: LITTLE GIRL. 2.46 20. VARIOUS: OF PEOPLE CLEARING AWAY DEBRIS FROM HOMES. (6 SHOTS) 3.06 21. CU: CHILD WATCHING. 3.10 22. WS: DAMAGED HOUSE OF EVA GUTIERREZ. 3.13 23. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) EVA GUTIERREZ, FLOOD VICTIM, SAYING: "I want someone to help me, look at my house, this is mine. Look how it left it. The river took everything." 3.25 24. CU: CHILD OBSERVING. 3.29 25. VARIOUS: OF PEOPLE CLEANING. (3 SHOTS) 3.37 26. WS: YARD WITH RUBBLE. 3.41 27. WS: EXTERIOR OF SHELTER WITH PEOPLE SITTING AROUND. 3.44 28. CU; WOMAN FEEDING HER CHILD. 3.47 29. WS/CU: OF WOMAN PREPARING FOOD. (2 SHOTS) 3.54 30. WS: INSIDE OF SHELTER. 3.57 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 15th June 2004 13:00
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  • Location: JIMANI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  • Country: Dominican Republic
  • Reuters ID: LVAC37U541EIE9QTD2ORQHTVSC2L
  • Story Text: Dominicans continue to clean up after torrential
    rainfall that left at least 2000 dead.



    Dominicans continued on Monday (May 31) cleaning up
    after torrential rainfall one week ago sparked floods and
    mudslides that ravaged parts of Dominican Republic and
    Haiti and left some 2,000 people dead.

    Emergency workers arrived in Jimani, a border town on
    the Dominican Republic side, with canine units trained to
    sniff out human remains while residents shovelled mud,
    removed debris and searched for food in the devastated town.

    "I want someone to help me, look at my house, this is
    mine. Look how it left it. The river took everything," said
    one woman whose home was destroyed by the floods.

    On Saturday (May 29), French troops joined the recovery
    effort in the Dominican Republic. The group came from
    Haiti, where it was participating in a U.S.-led
    peacekeeping force sent to Haiti to restore order after
    ex-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted in February.

    The French troops brought food and water to the devastated town
    and set up tents to shelter dozens of
    Dominican soldiers sent to help with relief efforts.

    Relief workers and supplies of medicines, food and
    blankets have poured into the Jimani area since this week's
    flooding. A stream of helicopters flew in from the capital
    Santo Domingo and trucks ferried wood to rebuild homes.

    The European Union was preparing a package worth 2
    million euros ($2.43 million) for flood victims, the
    European Commission said this week. The United States
    announced it was giving $50,000 dollars to help the relief
    effort and was sending two disaster experts to evaluate the
    damage.




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