A Southern Baptist relief effort is being planned in the aftermath of Hurricane Noel, which killed more than 100 people in the Caribbean and drove more than 60,000 people from their homes in the Dominican Republic when it was still a tropical storm.
The slow-moving storm dumped rain for more than three days on the Dominican Republic, triggering mudslides and floods that damaged homes, roads and bridges. Noel killed at least 73 people in the Dominican Republic, 43 in Haiti and one in Jamaica before drenching Cuba and the Bahamas, where at least one person died, according to The Associated Press.
“Southern Baptist field partners are in the process of assessing the needs,” said Jim Brown, Americas-area director for Baptist Global Response, a Southern Baptist international development and relief organization that will be coordinating relief efforts with Baptists in the area. (TAB)
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