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01-11-2012 09:32 AM | Haiti

Battered Haiti facing food shortages after Sandy destroyed crops

Humanitarian groups assessing the damage caused by the storm warned the island's population, still reeling from the disasters of the last two years, was at risk of hunger after the downpours destroyed farmland and crops.

Fears of a food crisis and outbreaks of disease emerged as the historic storm's death toll for the Caribbean rose to 71, including victims in Jamaica, Cuba and the Dominican Republic.
Full Story : Telegraph.co.uk