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WASHINGTON - Congressman Charles B. Rangel is urging the Bush Administration to do all that they can in helping the Caribbean nations of Haiti and the Dominican recover from the damage recently caused by Tropical Storm Noel.
"I am urging that relief efforts in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, which were the most directly impacted by the storm, be made a top priority," Congressman Rangel wrote in a letter sent to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday, October 31. "This humanitarian crisis demands our full immediate attention, and merits an outpouring of compassion and generosity of equal measure."
Media reports indicate that death tolls are rising past the initial mark of 30 in the Dominican Republic and six in Haiti. Overall, the storm has driven at least 12,000 people from their residences, destroyed at least 3,000 homes, and isolated close to 36 towns because of swollen rivers and damaged bridges.
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