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Areas affected. Ouest, Nippes, Sud-Est, Nord-Ouest, and Centre departments, Haiti. Houses destroyed. ≥160. On 2–3 June 2023, heavy rains caused destructive flooding across Haiti. Western areas of the country were particularly hard-hit. At least 51 people were killed, 140 were injured, and 11 were reported missing as of 6 June.
It is the deadliest earthquake and deadliest natural disaster of 2021. It is also the worst disaster to strike Haiti since the 2010 earthquake. UNICEF estimates more than half a million children were affected. [11] [12] The Haitian Civil Protection General Directorate (DGPC) warned of a possible large humanitarian crisis resulting from the ...
1984. 10 June: floods at Port-de-Paix. 1986. 1 June: Floods in the Cayes-Jacmel region. 20,000 hectares of land were flooded and several thousand homes damaged. 23 October: flooding at Ile de la Gonâve. 31 killed, 906 homeless, more than 380 houses destroyed or damaged. 1987. 27 April: flooding at Port-de-Paix.
The 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti on Saturday has affected about 1.2 million people, ... Right now, about half a million Haitian children have limited or no access to shelter, safe water ...
In Haiti, the disruption of the water cycle remains a major environmental challenge, affecting biodiversity and the daily lives of the country's inhabitants. The problem has multiple causes, including the proliferation of shantytowns and the absence of a comprehensive urban development policy. Global warming is one of the main causes of this ...
“I decided the right thing to do was to go back to Haiti and contribute,” he said. “We decided to totally dis-invest in New York and reinvest in Haiti.” In 2017, the couple welcomed their ...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -A fuel truck explosion on a road in Haiti's southern peninsula on Saturday killed 24 people and left half of the 40 injured survivors with third-degree burns, the ...
The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 M w earthquake that struck Haiti at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. [ 8 ][ 9 ] The epicenter was near the town of Léogâne, Ouest department, approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. By 24 January, at least 52 aftershocks ...