Port Au Prince, Haiti: Newsmap indicates Haiti's so-called "Valley of Death," a huge trough between mountains stretching from coastal town of Barahona 150 miles to Port Au Prince, the capital of Haiti, where "Great Hurricane Inez" poured its full fury striking with 160 mile an hour winds and 15-foot storm tides. Thousands of people took shelter in caves at Beata in the Dominican Republic. a midday, advisory warned Cuba's Oriente Province to expect the worst. The number of known deaths caused by Inez is 29.
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Port Au Prince, Haiti: Newsmap indicates Haiti's so-called "Valley of Death," a huge trough between mountains stretching from coastal town of Barahona 150 miles to Port Au Prince, the capital of Haiti, where "Great Hurricane Inez" poured its full fury striking with 160 mile an hour winds and 15-foot storm tides. Thousands of people took shelter in caves at Beata in the Dominican Republic. a midday, advisory warned Cuba's Oriente Province to expect the worst. The number of known deaths caused by Inez is 29.

United Press International · [ca. October 1966]

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[Information from item housing] Weather: Hurricane: Inez, Oct. 1966: Wire Photos

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