May 2004 Caribbean floods with over 1,300 homes being destroyed and about 2,000 people being killed. Due to this destruction, nearly 15,000 people were displaced with nowhere to live. The area that felt the worst of the flooding was the town of Jimaní, near the border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. In fact, the destruction present at Jimaní was so bad that Dominican president Hipolito Mejia declared a national day of mourning after seeing the effects of the storm. A broad low pressure area developed over Central America on May 19, accompanied by heavy rainfall. The system drifted eastward into the Caribbean Sea,
Lilia Michel 2011, at the age of 85. Lilia Michel Lilia Michel (July 30, 1926 – August 10, 2011) was a Mexican television and film actress most active during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, earning her the nickname of "the jewel" of the film era. Michel was born Lilia Fernández Larios on July 30, 1926, in Teapa, Tabasco, Mexico. She became well known for her role in the 1946 Mexican film "Dizziness", in which she co-starred María Félix. Michel later switched to television, earning numerous roles in telenovelas, including "Aprendiendo a Vivir", "María la del Barrio" and "Rosalía". Lilia Michel died