Caribbean death toll approaches 2,000

Up to 2,000 people are feared dead after devastating floods and landslides in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

The toll rose to 1,950 with the discovery of 1,000 bodies in the southeastern Haitian town of Mapou.

The disaster, earlier in the week, killed about 500 people elsewhere in the southeast and 158 in the town of Fond Verettes. About 300 people died in the Dominican Republic.

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