It really seems like Tropical Storm Noel caught the Caribbean off-guard. It sneaked up on us late in the season and dumped some serious rain on many flood-prone islands. I couldn't believe it when I read that 80 people have died and many more are missing, because the system is nowhere near the strength of a Katrina or an Ivan, only 60 miles per hour. The Dominican Republic and Haiti were hardest hit, and now Noel is churning towards The Bahamas and Cuba.
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Photo: People remove their belongings from their flooded houses after Tropical Storm Noel passed through Lucas Diaz, west of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. (Ricardo Hernandez/AFP/Getty Images)
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