Tremendous floodwaters in Haiti in the wake of tropical storm Jeanne claimed lives of at least 556 people, a UN spokesman said. According to the UN peacekeepers the death toll is expected to rise further. Two days of steady rain sent torrents down the mountains of northern Haiti, causing a river to burst its banks, officials said. Over 80,000 people are without food and water in Gonaives, the biggest city in the area, many others are reported missing. Haiti's interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue called for international help. UN peacekeepers and international aid agencies are helping the relief effort for the victims of the disaster. The storm earlier reportedly killed 11 people in the neighbouring Dominican Republic, and has since moved north into the Atlantic.

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