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Monday, October 24, 2005
Tropical Storm Alpha killed at least eight people in Haiti before the system moved north into the Atlantic Ocean and weakened into a tropical depression.
The Atlantic season's record-breaking 22nd named storm also left 24 missing in Haiti and at least three in the neighboring Dominican Republic. Mudslides and overflowing rivers flooded streets and destroyed homes, officials in both countries reported.
Alpha passed over the two nations that share the Caribbean island of Hispaniola and dumped heavy rains on ground already saturated from other recent storms, including Hurricane Wilma. Wilma killed 12 people in Haiti before moving Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
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