(24 Sep 1998) T/I: 11:03:02


In the aftermath of Hurricane Georges destruction on the Dominican Republic, the people of the island were starting to rebuild their lives on Thursday (24/09). In only two hours, the winds of Hurricane Georges tore apart the tiny chapel that dirt-poor villagers took six years to piece together from wood and corrugated metal. All the streets and all the shacks in the Dr. Mato neighbourhood were knee-deep in water Wednesday, a day after Hurricane Georges plowed through the Dominican Republic.

SHOWS:

24/9 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, VARIOUS LOCATIONS

Wrecked light aircraft on airstrip;
Aerials of hurricane damage;
flooded areas and damaged houses;
Families by shacks in floodwater;
interior shack, and ruined possessions;
Maria Rodriguez (Spanish SOT) "Please, the government help us because we haven't seen anything. Children are dying of hunger and we are practically inside the River Sama. We have nothing, we don't have anything, we don't have anything.saying they have lost everything;
more interior damage;
Interior hospital scenes, and injured men on beds;
Julio Almanzar, Spanish SOT "There were 48 of us inside a small house and then a rock hit the house from outside and then the house caved in."
Officials touring area;
TV statement in Spanish by Leonel Fernandez, President of the Dominican Republic."In its path of destruction hurricane George has killed 70 people that we know of, there are 100 still missing, including 45 in the area of Canveta when a school that served as a refuge was destroyed. There are also 100-thousand destroyed buildings - including an estimated 20-thousand in the zone Cristobal and 10-thousand in the federal zone."
government official on help for victims;
Children playing in floodwater;
Man repairing home, and street scene;

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