There will be rain

Published August 25, 2012
A youth carries a rubber float on the beach in Guama, Cuba.
A youth carries a rubber float on the beach in Guama, Cuba.
Women wade through a flooded street under the rain as Tropical Storm Isaac affects Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Women wade through a flooded street under the rain as Tropical Storm Isaac affects Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
People run over a bridge covered by debris as waves hit the seawall, caused by Tropical Storm Isaac in Barahona, Dominican Republic.
People run over a bridge covered by debris as waves hit the seawall, caused by Tropical Storm Isaac in Barahona, Dominican Republic.
A man runs away from a wave as Tropical Storm Isaac approaches Barahona, Dominican Republic.
A man runs away from a wave as Tropical Storm Isaac approaches Barahona, Dominican Republic.
A Haitian girl stands in a tent camp for people affected by the 2010 earthquake, outside Port-au-Prince.
A Haitian girl stands in a tent camp for people affected by the 2010 earthquake, outside Port-au-Prince.
Evacuees from a Haitian tent city arrive at the Jean Marie Vincent High School shelter in Tabarre, Haiti, in anticipation of Tropical Storm Isaac.
Evacuees from a Haitian tent city arrive at the Jean Marie Vincent High School shelter in Tabarre, Haiti, in anticipation of Tropical Storm Isaac.

Tropical Storm Isaac strengthened slightly as it spun toward the Dominican Republic and vulnerable Haiti, threatening to bring punishing rains but unlikely to gain enough steam to strike as a hurricane. - Photos by Agencies

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