Caribbean Floods

Dominicans clean mud from their home in Jimani, Dominican Republic, about 124 miles southwest of Santo Domingo on Wednesday, May 26, 2004, after severe flooding occured in the town. The confirmed death toll from floods in Haiti and the Dominican Republic is at 870 with hundreds more still missing and feared dead.

Dominican soldiers remove a body trapped in mud in Jimani, Dominican Republic, about 120 miles southwest of Santo Domingo on Wednesday, May 26, 2004. Soldiers dug through the mud with shovels and search dogs Wednesday, looking for victims from deadly floods in the Dominican Republic.

Dominican soldiers walk past a dead body as a helicopter with journalists is seen in the background in Jimani, Dominican Republic, southwest of Santo Domingo, on Wednesday, May 26, 2004. Floods have killed at least hundreds of people in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

A Dominican man cleans mud from his home in Jimani, Dominican Republic,May 26, 2004, after severe flooding occured in the town

People pass a sign on a parking meter, asking for help for victims of this week's floods in the Dominican Republic, in a predominantly Dominican neighborhood in New York Wednesday, May 26, 2004. Floods have killed at least hundreds in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

People stand in rubble in Fond Verrette, Haiti, Wednesday, May 26, 2004, where more than 250 corpses were recovered and an additional 158 people were missing and feared dead due to flooding.

A Haitian woman stands near a church destroyed by floods and mudslides in Fond Verrette, Haiti, Wednesday, May 26, 2004, where more than 250 corpses were recovered. Many more were missing and feared dead.

A dress hangs in a house in Jimani, Dominican Republic, on Wednesday, May 26, 2004. Dominican soldiers used dogs and shovels to search for flood victims while U.S. and Canadian troops hurried to neighboring Haitian towns, trying to assess the full scope of a disaster.

A dead body is seen in Enriquillo Lake, six miles outside of Jimani, Dominican Republic, on Wednesday, May 26, 2004. Dominican soldiers used dogs and shovels to search for flood victims.

An unidentified woman wipes away a tear in Jimani, Dominican Republic, Tuesday, May 25, 2004, in this image from video. Sobbing villagers tore through heaps of mud with their bare hands Tuesday, searching for loved ones as the death toll from flooding in the Dominican Republic and Haiti continued to rise.