Storm Franklin hits Dominican Republic and Haiti, killing one

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SANTO DOMINGO/PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - At least one man died as Tropical Storm Franklin passed over the Dominican Republic, flooding parts of the ...

STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOSSANTO DOMINGO/PORT-AU-PRINCE - At least one man died as Tropical Storm Franklin passed over the Dominican Republic, flooding parts of the capital and damaging infrastructure, though initial reports showed communities across the Caribbean island of Hispaniola emerged relatively unscathed.

At 5 p.m. local time , the storm was just passing off Puerto Plata on the Dominican Republic's northern coast, moving north-northeast into the Atlantic at 13 miles per hour , according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center . The head of the Dominican COE emergency services a man had been found dead earlier on Wednesday in San Cristobal province, after trying to swim through floodwaters.

The storm also cut off access to six Dominican communities and damaged roads, water infrastructure and the electrical grid, emergency services said.

 

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