May 2004 Caribbean floods connected to a trough that extended to Hispaniola. May 2004 Caribbean floods The May 2004 Caribbean floods were a flood event that took place in the Caribbean Islands, mainly Hispaniola and some parts of Northern Puerto Rico from May 18, 2004 to May 25, 2004. The storm caused significant rainfall, with over 9.7 inches of rain falling at the most in Haiti, and 10 inches falling at the most in the Dominican Republic. These floods were caused by over two weeks of persistent rain in the Caribbean area, which eventually caused the landslides that killed many people. The floods caused
Michel Temer Michel Temer Michel Miguel Elias Temer Lulia (; born 23 September 1940) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician serving as the 37th and current President of Brazil since 2016. He took office after the impeachment and removal from office of his predecessor Dilma Rousseff. He had been Vice President since 2011 and Acting President since 12 May 2016, when Rousseff was suspended while she faced an impeachment trial. At the age of 75, he is the oldest person to have taken the office. The Senate's 61–20 vote, on 31 August 2016, to remove Rousseff from office meant that Temer succeeded