When it rains it pours
Dominican storms 'leave 130 dead'
More than 130 people have died after torrential rains swept across the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.
At least 80 people were killed in the Dominican Republic when two rivers broke their banks in the small town of Jimani on the border with Haiti.
Fifty-eight people were reported killed in flooding in Haiti, AFP news agency reported.
Meteorologists predict the heavy rains will continue throughout Tuesday and Wednesday.
Torrential rain has been falling for more than two weeks on the Dominican Republic, swelling rivers and saturating the land.
A member of parliament for the area of Jimani, Atila Perez, said 200 homes were flooded and whole families were swept away when the town's river burst its banks.
Mr Perez said that all that was left of the homes in the worst affected neighbourhood were pieces of timber and clothing embedded in the mud.
A makeshift morgue has been set up at the town hospital.
