UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- The U.N. mission in Haiti says more than 600 people are dead and at least 1,000 others missing in the wake of Tropical Storm Jeanne.
The storm tore through northern Haiti and the Dominican Republic during the past weekend, the U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti reported Tuesday as emergency relief operations continued in the neighboring Caribbean nations.
The United Nations also has deployed a Disaster Assessment and Coordination Team to the Dominican Republic, where 11 people have been reported killed and more than 37,000 people left homeless because of flooding.
In the U.N. General Assembly, Haiti's interim President Boniface Alexander appealed urgently "for the solidarity of the international community" to support local authorities as they try to assist the victims.
Dominican Republic Foreign Affairs Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso also appealed for international cooperation , saying the storm had caused devastating floods and damage to infrastructure in his country.
Assembly President Jean Ping, speaking on behalf of the assembly members, offered his sympathy to the governments and peoples of both nations, as well as other Caribbean countries that have suffered during the recent wave of deadly hurricanes in the region
