U.S. Generosity?
Government officials in both nations said the confirmed death toll from the devastating floods reached nearly 900 on Thursday. But they said it might go as high as 2,000, with the greatest losses in Haiti, making it one of the worst natural disasters in Caribbean history...

Promised aid to the victims includes $50,000 from the United States, $42,000 from Canada, $100,000 from Japan and $2.43 million from the European Union.
NYT