Haiti – Houses Destroyed, 3 Lives Lost After Days of Heavy Rain
At least 3 people lost their lives and hundreds of houses were damaged or destroyed after heavy rain in Haiti from mid-August 2022. Civil Protection in Haiti reported heavy rain…
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Haiti and Dominican Republic – 2 Dead, Hundreds Displaced After Rain Triggers Flash Floods
Heavy rain from 05 March 2022 caused severe flash flooding in northern parts of Hispaniola island in the Caribbean Sea. Damages were reported in Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic, and…
Haiti and Dominican Republic – Thousands Displaced After Flash Floods Damage Homes
Thousands of people have been forced from their homes after flooding in parts of Haiti and Dominican Republic following a period of heavy rainfall. Haiti A cold front brought heavy…
Caribbean – Tropical Storm Grace Causes Floods in Haiti and Dominican Republic
Flooding rain from Tropical Storm Grace has complicated rescue and recovery efforts in the wake of the earthquake in Haiti in which 1,941 people have now died. Meanwhile over 500…
Haiti – 3 Dead, 3 Missing After Floods in North
Civil Protection in Haiti reported on 05 April 2021 that at least 3 people have died and 3 are missing after days of heavy rain caused flooding in northern and…
Haiti and Dominican Republic – 11 Dead as Tropical Storm Laura Causes Severe Damage
Strong winds of up to 85 km/h and heavy rainfall brought by Tropical Storm Laura have caused severe damage in Haiti and Dominican Republic, with at least 11 fatalities reported.…
USA – Storm Surge and Heavy Rain From Hurricane Isaias Triggers Flooding
Tropical Cyclone Isaias strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane on Monday, 03 August, prior to making landfall near Ocean Isle Beach in North Carolina, USA. Since then, at least 6…
Haiti – 2 Dead, 4 Missing After Flash Floods in Ouest Department
At least 2 people have died and 4 are missing after flash floods in Ouest department, Haiti. The country’s Directorate of Civil Protection said the floods hit after torrential rain…
Caribbean – Hurricane Dorian Causes Flooding and Power Outages
Hurricane Dorian caused wind damage, power outages and flooding in parts of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico as the storm passed over the northern Caribbean with maximum sustained winds…
Haiti – More Flash Floods in Ouest Department Leave 2 Dead and 3 Missing
The Directorate of Civil Protection (DPC) in Haiti reports that 2 people have died in floods after torrential rain in Ouest Department during the evening of 02 July, 2019. The…
Haiti – Flash Floods Turn Deadly in Ouest Department
Several people have died and some are still missing after flash floods in Haiti. According to the country’s Directorate of Civil Protection (DPC), heavy rain triggered flash flooding in Ouest…
Caribbean – 4 Dead After Floods and Landslides Hit Jamaica, Haiti and Dominican Republic
Rain, flooding and landslides in parts of the Caribbean have caused at least 4 fatalities and displaced around 4,000 people. Heavy rain has affected Jamaica, Haiti and Dominican Republic since…
EU Funding for Disaster Preparedness in the Caribbean
In the aftermath of hurricanes Irma and Maria, which wreaked havoc across the Caribbean in September 2017, the European Commission has mobilised an additional €3.3 million to support preparedness initiatives…
Haiti – Flooding Leaves 5 Dead and 10,000 Homes Damaged
Floods caused by several days of torrential rain have left five people dead and thousands of homes damaged in Haiti Sud Department Haiti’s civil protection directorate (Direction de la Pretection…
Caribbean – Hurricane Maria Causes Damaging Floods in Haiti and Dominican Republic
Hurricane Maria has continued on its track through the Caribbean, causing severe flooding in Dominican Republic and Haiti. Meanwhile the flood situation in Puerto Rico has caused damage to a…
Floods Leave Haitian Farmers Struggling in Irma’s Wake – U.N.
BOGOTA, Sept 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It could take months for Haitian farmers to recover as heavy rains brought by Hurricane Irma have flooded parts of the impoverished Caribbean…
