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The World Food Programme began mobilizing resources and personnel on 5 June, with rations and dry food for 15,000 planned for distribution. [4] The Directorate-General for Civil Protection and Emergencies and United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs worked in tandem for relief efforts.
During its most recent report to the U.N. Security Council on the crisis in Haiti, U.N. officials said barely 8% of the money requested had been raised. Now the rains have added to the toll.
Districts of Haiti Map of Haiti. 1691. Earthquake [2] 1751. 3 June: Earthquake at Port-au-Prince and areas to the south. The city and towns were destroyed. [3] [4] 1816. 18–19 November: [5] a cyclone caused considerable damage in the countryside of Ouest department and in the Gulf of Gonâve. 1842. 7 May: Earthquake at Cap-Haïtien and ...
The first days of Haiti’s rainy season continue to prove destructive and deadly for the country’s vulnerable population. The death toll from heavy rains has risen to 17, while the number of ...
1998 Yangtze river flood China: 1998 3,500 [citation needed] 1948 Fuzhou flood China: 1948 3,189+ 2010 China floods, landslides China, North Korea: 2010 3,083 [7] 1993 South Asian Monsoon Flood: Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan: 1993 3,076 [citation needed] 2004 Eastern India, Bangladesh monsoon rain India, Bangladesh: 2004 3,000 [6] 1530 ...
A rare tornado in northern Haiti has injured more than 50 people and destroyed more than 200 homes, the U.N. said Wednesday. The tornado hit the community of Bassin-Bleu on Tuesday, leaving more ...
Long-term changes in temperature and precipitation are often accompanied by heat waves and intense rainfall, [8] increasing the risk of flooding, [7] especially in Caribbean countries such as Haiti. Floods, droughts and the degradation of aquatic ecosystems are examples of the effects of disruption of the water cycle. [ 9 ]
At least one bridge has collapsed in the Dominican Republic, where Tropical Storm Franklin made landfall early Wednesday on the island of Hispaniola that the country shares with Haiti.