Torrential rains in the last 72 hours in at least four departments of Haiti have caused 13 muertos15 injured, one missing, 501 houses destroyed and 16,515 homes floodedaccording to a partial report issued this Tuesday by the National Risk and Disaster Management System.
Moderate to heavy rainfall, due to the persistence of a cold front in the north of the country, caused flooding in the departments of Northwest, Grand’Anse, Nippes and North.
“The heavy rains and their consequences have damaged several sections of national, departmental and communal highways,” the agency stated, specifying that the rivers throughout the Northwest department have overflowed their beds. At least 11 people have died in Port de Paix, in the Northwest, and another 2 in Jeremie, in Grand’Anse, the latest bulletin highlighted, highlighting that damage has been reported to homes in those areas.
have been pointed out health problems related to stagnant water in several locations, including the third and second communal sections of Port-de-Paix. “The resurgence of vector-borne and water-borne diseases is also observed in Grand’Anse, which has been suffering from persistent rain for two months,” the official report highlighted.
