Tropical Storm Emily nears Haiti, threatening to deluge flimsy shanties and tents

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Tropical Storm Emily spun slowly to the south of the Dominican Republic and Haiti Wednesday night, its strong winds already shaking palm trees and threatening tens of thousands of people in flimsy shelters and tents.

The storm was forecast to make landfall on Haiti's southern peninsula early Thursday and dump torrential rains across an impoverished country in which more than 600,000 people still live without shelter after last year's earthquake.

"If any storm comes, we meet our demise," said Renel Joseph, a 57-year-old resident of Cite Soleil, a seaside shantytown of Haiti's capital.

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Anthony Faiola 04 Aug, 2011

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