Tropical Storm Jeanne continued to slam the Caribbean on Sunday, killing at least 100 people so far.

Jeanne killed at least 90 in Haiti, causing widespread damage and flooding, said a civil defense official on Sunday.

Since much of the country is deforested, it is not able to hold back flood waters. Floods tore through the northwestern city of Gonaives on Saturday night, covering crops and engulfing some houses of the residents. The island of La Tortue off Haiti's north coast was barely visible under the water, said officials who flew over it by a helicopter.

A governmental delegation led by interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue and Interior Minister Herard Abraham toured the flooded area by a UN truck, but they failed to reach many areas due to the flooded roads.

Latortue, while declaring Gonaives a disaster area, said he will declare a state of emergency. He also called on the international community to provide humanitarian aid as soon as possible, saying "2004 has been a terrible year (for Haiti)."

The international forces deployed in Haiti are helping the government in treating the wounded and other rescue workers. The World Health Organization was sending a medical team to Haiti.

Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere with a population of 8 million, suffered a three-week civil tumult in February, in which about 300 were dead and then President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted.

In May, floods caused by rainstorms killed more than 3,000 people on the border shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic. THE BAHAMAS ESCAPES FROM JEANNE

At 2100 GMT, Sept. 19, Jeanne's center was 235 km east-southeast of the Bahamian island of San Salvador and moved northward. I

The Bahamian government discontinued all storm warnings.

The longer-term forecast, which has a wide margin of error, indicated that Jeanne will stay well to the east of the United States in the next few days.

The US National Hurricane Center located in Miami expected Jeanne to turn to the northeast, away from the Bahamas by late Monday. The path will also spare Florida, which has been hit by three hurricanes in the last five weeks.

Jeanne killed 11 in the Dominican Republic and three in the US territory of Puerto Rico, leaving large areas of crops under water and several towns and villages cut off by mudslides that blocked roads.