An international rescue operation for Haiti and the Dominican Republic gathered pace as the death toll from flash floods rose sharply to about 1 500 dead and missing. The United Nations and other aid agencies were trying to get water and medical supplies to the worst hit towns, but bad weather held up efforts.
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/ 19 February 2004
Armed opponents of Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide were poised on Wednesday to make further territorial gains as a French aid group warned about a potential humanitarian disaster.
Rebels cut off Haiti’s second city