Haiti death toll doubles after hurricane

Seven people were still missing last night. Dozens were injured during the storm.

More than 30,000 people remained in shelters and Tomas left nearly 6,000 families homeless. Others, already homeless from the January 12 earthquake, lost their tents.

The hurricane struck Haiti's southern peninsula on Friday and travelled up the coast, triggering floods and landslides.

But its strongest winds and rain stayed far to the west of the capital, sparing most of the encampments where an estimated 1.3 million people have been living for nearly 10 months.

Officials are now turning their attention back to a worsening cholera epidemic that has killed more than 500 people and put more than 7,300 in hospit