20 killed in floods after heavy rains
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Waters from a rain-swollen river that flooded the town of Cabaret killed at least 20 people and damaged dozens of homes, government officials said.
Witnesses said the Bretelle River burst its banks, sending water 5 feet deep surging through the dirt streets of the town of 70,000.
The floodwaters overturned trucks, flattened banana trees and knocked down shacks of corrugated metal. “I wasn’t able to save anything. I just closed the house and the water came through,” said Jude Beauvais, 32, a schoolteacher.
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