Ten children were among those who died in river floods in the country's south, said Emmanuel Pierre, who heads the country's civil defense agency: Reports

xPORT-AU-PRINCE : Flooding in Haiti triggered by Hurricane Melissa has left at least 20 people dead and 10 others missing, authorities in the Caribbean island-nation told AFP on Wednesday.

Ten children were among those who died in river floods in the country's south, said Emmanuel Pierre, who heads the country's civil defense agency.

Emergency responders were conducting searches for the missing, he added.

The flooding of the Digue River destroyed several homes in the coastal town of Petit-Goave, several residents reported.

"People have been killed, houses have been swept away by the water," resident Steeve Louissaint told AFP.

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