(25 Oct 2005)
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STORYLINE
Alpha, the Atlantic season's record-breaking 22nd named storm, left at least 10 people dead in Haiti and the Dominican Republic before moving north into the Atlantic Ocean and weakening into a tropical depression, authorities said.
The storm also left two dozen people missing in the two countries as mudslides and overflowing rivers flooded streets and destroyed homes, according to officials in both nations on Monday.
Alpha passed over the two nations that share the Caribbean island of Hispaniola and rained heavily on ground already saturated from other recent storms, including Hurricane Wilma- which was blamed for 12 deaths in Haiti.
Emergency authorities were still assessing the damage from Alpha and the death toll could rise, Maria Alta Jean Baptiste, the head of Haiti's civil protection agency, told reporters.
Twenty-three people have been reported missing since the storm in Haiti, including 19 who were swept away by floodwaters in the town of Leogane, west of the capital.
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