Haitian authorities on Wednesday confirmed that at last four people had died and more than 2,500 homes had damaged as a result of floods caused by the passage of a cold front on Monday.
Director of Civil Protection, Jerry Chandler, said three people had died in the North-West Department and another had fallen victim to the floods in the Nod-East.
He said one person had also been reported missing.
The Civil Protection said in its partial assessment that nearly 20 communes in the departments of the North, Northeast and Nippes had been affected by the rains that caused 2,578 houses to be affected by floods and three being destroyed.
It said that nearly 2,500 families are in need of temporary shelter following more than 36 hours of rainfall that caused several rivers to overflow their banks,
In Cap-Haitien, several neighbourhoods near the Haut du Cap River have been flooded with the authorities saying that part of the historic city center had been flooded. They said trees were also uprooted by the gusts of wind.
In the North-East,, the Caracol power plant is under water, while in the Nippes department, volunteers from the Baradères communal civil protection committee have identified 153 flooded houses in the city center.
Source – CMC
