The US National Hurricane Center said Storm Emily lost (force) as it moved across the (mountains) of Hispaniola - the Caribbean (island) the two nations share.

The storm brought (flooding) to parts of Haiti's south coast.

But camps housing (hundreds) of thousands of people made (homeless) by last year's (earthquake) have so far been spared.

The storm (dissipated) into a trough low-pressure, the NHC said, but was still capable of causing (life-threatening) landslides and (flash) (floods).