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05-09-2007, 06:00 PM
What some papers are calling a "tornado" struck downtown Dajabon, on the border with Haiti, and some of the surrounding area yesterday afternoon and injured more than a dozen people. According to El Caribe newspaper, most of the city's electricity lines were knocked down as dozens of light poles and trees pulled the power lines down. Palm trees near the bridge over the Masacre River were uprooted and block after block of the town's roads were littered with debris, mostly electricity poles and tin roofing material. President Fernandez sent personnel from Public Works, the Presidential Social Office, the National Institute for Potable Water (INAPA), and the CDEEE as well as Civil Defense workers. A curfew was in place due to the devastation in the area. The nearby hamlet of Juana Mendez (Oanaminthe) in Haiti was also affected by the violent thunderstorm. No funnel clouds were reported, but the violent winds certainly led people to report a "tornado." An Air Force helicopter that was part of the San Isidro training battalion was damaged, and the training camp itself was severely damaged. Most of the injured were army officers on duty at the frontier that slept in tents. The men had been sent in to reinforce security at the border.
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