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The island's name derives from the turtle-like shape of the island. Île à Vache (Cow Island) is a small and lush island located off southwestern of Haiti with a total area is 52 km 2. Les Cayemites, a pair of islands located in the Gulf of Gonâve off the coast of southwest Hispaniola. It has a combined area of 45 km 2.
3–4 October: Hurricane Matthew hits Haiti with catastrophic flooding of up to 40 inches and storm surge of up to 10 feet. [18] At least 580 people were killed and more than 35,000 left homeless by the storm. 2018. 6 October: A 5.9 magnitude earthquake with a depth of 11.7km [19] occurred at 20:11 local time killing 12 people and injuring 188.
The storms—Tropical Storm Fay, Hurricanes Gustav, Hanna and Ike—all produced heavy winds and rain in Haiti. Due to weak soil conditions throughout Haiti, the country's mountainous terrain, and the devastating coincidence of four storms within less than four weeks, valley and lowland areas throughout the country experienced massive flooding.
The hurricane season that traditionally begins in June and runs through November is forecast to be severe this year. A gang-fueled crisis has devastated Haiti, and the U.N. estimates 360,000 ...
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The U.S. has routinely sent thousands of troops to Haiti, intervened in its government and supported unpopular leaders like Henry. “What you have over the last 20 years is the consistent ...
Haiti, [b] officially the Republic of Haiti, [c] [d] is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of The Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican Republic .
Saut-d'Eau (French pronunciation: [so do]; Haitian Creole: Sodo) is a commune in the Mirebalais Arrondissement, in the Centre department of Haiti. It has 34,885 inhabitants. Its name is French for 'waterfall', named after a large waterfall called 'Le Saut'. It is said that this waterfall was created in the massive earthquake of May 7, 1842.