Photo: Tropical Storm Isaac In Domincan Republic, Heading For Haiti

Associated Press/Ricardo Arduengo – People run over a bridge covered by debris as waves hit the seawall, caused by Tropical Storm Isaac in Barahona, Dominican Republic, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. Tropical Storm Isaac strengthened slightly as it spun toward the Dominican Republic and vulnerable Haiti on Friday, threatening to bring punishing rains but unlikely to gain enough steam to strike as a hurricane. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

Tropical Storm Isaac brought heavy rains to Dominican Republic and Haiti on Friday.

It bore down on Haiti’s southern peninsula early Saturday.

It may cause deadly flash floods and mudslides in Haiti because so much of the country is deforested.

Local residents stay under the rain in Enriquillo, southwestern Dominican Republic, as Tropical Storm Isaac roared toward the island of Hispaniola. (AFP Photo/Erika Santelices)

Local residents stay under the rain in Enriquillo, southwestern Dominican Republic. Tropical Storm Isaac gained strength as it roared towards the Domincan Republic and Haiti, where it was to make landfall later in the day, threatening survivors of a devastating 2010 earthquake. (AFP Photo/Erika Santelices)

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