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Tropical Storm Jeanne Kills More Than 500 In Haiti

Death Toll Still Rising

UPDATED: 8:36 am EDT September 21, 2004

The death toll from a tropical storm that devastated parts of Haiti is up to 573.

HURRICANE KATRINA
Search crews have recovered dozens of bodies carried away by raging weekend floods or buried by mud -- or the ruins of their homes.

The bodies of at least 500 people killed by Tropical Storm Jeanne were filling morgues in Gonaives. The other 73 were located elsewhere on the Caribbean island.

Two days after lashing Haiti, Jeanne regained hurricane strength over the open Atlantic Monday but poses no immediate threat to land and is heading away from the mainland United States. Experts are not yet sure if it might eventually pose a threat to land again.

The storm came four months after devastating floods along the southern border of Haiti and neighboring Dominican Republic.

Jeanne is centered at latitude 27.6 north, longitude 70.0 west or about 445 miles east-northeast of Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas. It's moving east-northeast at about 6 mph, with top sustained winds of about 90 mph. Little change in strength is forecast during the next 24 hours.

Lisa Continues To Strengthen

Meantime, the season's newest tropical storm developed Monday in the Atlantic, and it's slowly gaining some strength.

Tropical Storm Lisa is still a long way from any land. It's centered at 14.0 north, longitude 38.9 west or about 1,005 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands and moving west-northwest at about 12 mph.


Images: Jeanne Hits Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic

Top sustained winds are at about 60 mph. Little change in strength is forecast during the next 24 hours as the outflow from Karl creates shear on the system.

Tropical storm-force winds extend outward up to 50 miles from the center.

Hurricane Jeanne
Hurricane Jeanne
The official forecast track continues to show Lisa with a westward movement most of this week. It's a small system so far, but forecasters said any movement to the south might allow for more intensification.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami says residents in the Caribbean should keep an eye on Lisa.

Hurricane Karl Also Headed Out To Sea

Hurricane Karl has weakened slightly and remains on a course that will keep it in the open ocean, a threat only to shipping.

Karl is the 11th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, but only the seventh hurricane.

At 5 a.m. EDT, the center of Hurricane Karl was located near latitude 20.1 north, longitude 47.5 west or about 1,025 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands.

Karl is moving toward the north-northwest near 12 mph, and this general motion is expected to continue over the next 24 hours.

Maximum sustained winds are near 140 mph, with higher gusts. Karl is a major Category 4 hurricane and some fluctuations in intensity are possible during the next 24 hours.

Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 70 miles from the center, and tropical storm-force winds extend outward up to 200 miles.

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