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A Tropical Storm Is Adding To Haiti's Misery Following A Devastating Earthquake

Relief efforts in Haiti are being greatly hampered by the torrential rains of Tropical Storm Grace. And many people are sleeping outside because of a fear of aftershocks.
Felina Manita and her husband Jean are building a temporary home out of sticks after losing their home in Les Cayes in the earthquake on Saturday.

CÔTEAUX, Haiti - In this coastal town west of Les Cayes, 57 year old Kettly Rosier is now terrified to sleep inside her house. Thin black fissures snake up her walls. The concrete floor of her second story - which is the ceiling of her kitchen - is cracked.

For the first two nights after the quake, Rosier and many other residents slept out in the main street.

"We cannot stay inside because all the house have been cracked.

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