Death toll rises to 620 in Haiti; hundreds left homeless

Haitians walk through flooded streets Blood swirled in knee-deep floodwaters as workers stacked bodies outside the hospital morgue Tuesday. Carcasses of pigs, goats and dogs and pieces of smashed furniture floated in muddy streams that once were the streets of this battered city.
Haitians walk through flooded streets
Sun-Sentinel's WB39 report: Haitian relief effort underway (RealVideo)

Tropical Storm Lisa's path uncertain as it nears hurricane strength
PHOTO GALLERY: Deadly Ivan slams into Gulf Coast By the end of day, three hurricanes and a new tropical depression could be swirling in the Atlantic. The good news: South Florida won't be affected by any of these systems, at least anytime soon.
PHOTO GALLERY: Deadly Ivan slams into Gulf Coast
PHOTO GALLERY: Hurricane Frances hits Florida

Hurricane Karl weakens slightly, stays in open ocean
Hurricane Karl weakens slightly, stays in open ocean Hurricane Karl weakened slightly Tuesday and stayed on an open-ocean course that only threatened ships, while Tropical Storm Lisa became stronger far out in the Atlantic.
Tropical Storm Lisa's path uncertain as it nears hurricane strength (5:38 PM)
Death toll rises to 620 in Haiti; hundreds left homeless (5:35 PM)

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Cities other than Pensacola suffering, too
Hurricane Ivan may have thrown its worst at Pensacola, but the storm didn't spare the rest of the Florida Panhandle.

ACTIVE STORMS
Hurricane Jeanne
Updated: 5 p.m. EDT
Location: 27.3 N, 68.8 W
Moving: SE at 5 mph
Wind: 90 mph, gusts to 115 mph
Pressure: 972 mb (28.69 in)

Hurricane Karl
Updated: 5 p.m. EDT
Location: 22.9 N, 48.6 W
Moving: NNW at 16 mph
Wind: 120 mph, gusts to 150 mph
Pressure: 948 mb (27.98 in)

Tropical Storm Lisa
Updated: 5 p.m. EDT
Location: 14.4 N, 40.3 W
Moving: WNW at 8 mph
Wind: 70 mph, gusts to 85 mph
Pressure: 990 mb (29.22 in)



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2004 STORMS
See the impact of the 2004 hurricane season in these photo galleries:
• Hurricane Charley
• Hurricane Frances
• Hurricane Ivan
• Hurricane Jeanne


2004 STORM NAMES
Alex, Bonnie, Charley, Danielle, Earl, Frances, Gaston, Hermine, Ivan, Jeanne, Karl, Lisa, Matthew, Nicole, Otto, Paula, Richard, Shary, Tomas, Virginie, Walter

GRAPHICS
Hurricane magnet: Where hurricanes have made landfall in Florida.
Hurricane magnet: Where hurricanes have made landfall in Florida. (Staff graphic/Karsten Ivey, Belinda Long) September 10, 2004

INTERACTIVE
INTO THE STORM: Find out how powerful the four different quadrants of a storm can be.
INTO THE STORM: Find out how powerful the four different quadrants of a storm can be.

HURRICANE CHARLEY: Track the storm, with photos, as it goes through the Caribbean and across Florida.
HURRICANE CHARLEY: Track the storm, with photos, as it goes through the Caribbean and across Florida.

FRANCES' PATH: Photos and other information on the destruction left by Hurricane Frances.
FRANCES' PATH: Photos and other information on the destruction left by Hurricane Frances.