PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (AP) - The summer storm that killed at least 28 people in Haiti apparently is also bringing a surge of cholera to at least in one small town.
Alain Legarnec of the French aid group Doctors of the World says a clinic in Jeremie treated 77 people for cholera in recent days. He said Friday that is a five-fold increase from last week and is most likely caused by rising river levels. Cholera is a bacteria transmitted by water.
The storm flooded towns and destroyed houses throughout the capital and southern Haiti. An estimated 7 inches of rain fell over a week. Six people have been reported missing.
Cholera has sickened more than 330,000 people and killed nearly 5,400 people since the Haiti outbreak began in October.
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