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Eugene

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Sun Aug 15, 2021, 08:38 PM Aug 2021

Nearly 1,300 dead after Haiti earthquake, and the country is bracing for a tropical depression.

Source: New York Times

LIVE Updated 4m ago

Haiti Live Updates: Search for Survivors After Quake Kills Nearly 1,300

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Nearly 1,300 dead after Haiti earthquake, and the country is bracing for a tropical depression.

LES CAYES, Haiti — Haitians struggled with a lack of basic supplies, including food and medical care, in the aftermath of a magnitude 7.2 earthquake on Saturday that snapped water lines, blocked roads, flattened grocery stores and damaged hospitals on the country’s southwestern peninsula.

The powerful earthquake was a devastating blow to a country that is still reeling from a presidential assassination last month and that never recovered from a disastrous quake more than 11 years ago. Aid groups and government rescue workers established a single operation center in Port-au-Prince to coordinate the quake response, but many in the hard hit town of Les Cayes were loading injured into cars and on to private planes to try to evacuate them to the capital, Port-au-Prince, for care.

Herve Foucand, a former senator, was using his small propeller plane to ferry people to Haiti’s capital.

“I have 30 people in serious condition waiting for me,” he said. “But I only have seven seats.”

Small towns surrounding Les Cayes were cut off by landslides and are believed to be even harder hit.

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Nearly 1,300 dead after Haiti earthquake, and the country is bracing for a tropical depression. (Original Post) Eugene Aug 2021 OP
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List of natural disasters in Haiti Judi Lynn Aug 2021 #5

Judi Lynn

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5. List of natural disasters in Haiti
Mon Aug 16, 2021, 09:00 AM
Aug 2021

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Throughout its history, Haiti has suffered cyclones, hurricanes, tropical storms, torrential rains, floods and earthquakes.

The hurricane season in Haiti lasts from June to the end of November.

The following is a non-exhaustive list of natural disasters which have struck Haiti.[1]


Disasters

1684
Earthquake

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 throughout the north. The town of Cap-Haïtien was destroyed along with the towns of Port-de-Paix, Gonaïves, and Fort-Liberté, and many towns in the Dominican Republic were affected.

1887
23 September: Earthquake in the western region of Haiti.

1904
Earthquake in the north of the country. Port-de-Paix and Cap-Haïtien were severely affected.[6]

1909
12 November: cyclone in Ouest département. Around 150 victims were counted in plaine du Cul de Sac alone.

1915
12 August: cyclone on the southern peninsula, which devastated Jacmel and Jérémie.

1935
21 October: hurricane in Sud and Sud-Est départements. 2,000 people perished.

1946
Earthquake in the northeast Dominican Republic accompanied by a tsunami in the region of Nagua. Haiti was also affected.

1952
27 October: earthquake at Anse-à-Veau in Grand'Anse killed 6 and rendered thousands homeless.

1954
11–12 October: Hurricane Hazel affected every part of Haiti. At more than 249 km/h, the hurricane devastated the country, killing several thousand people.

1963
3 October: Hurricane Flora struck the Sud and Ouest départements, causing over 5,000 deaths.
14 November: flooding of the Grande Rivière du Nord killed almost 500 people.

1964
24 August: Hurricane Cleo hit the south coast, especially the Cayes-Jacmel region, causing 192 deaths.

1966
29 September: Hurricane Inez devastated, at more than 170 km/h, the Sud and Ouest départements
Earthquake

1976
20 May: Floods in the Cayes-Jacmel region. 20 people lost presumed dead, considerable property damage.

1980
5 August: Hurricane Allen, at more than 270 km/h, struck the south coast, especially the Cayes-Jacmel region, causing approximately 200 deaths.
Atlantic hurricane season

1984
10 June: floods at Port-de-Paix.

1986
1 June: Floods in the Cayes-Jacmel region. 20,000 hectares of land were flooded and several thousand homes damaged.
23 October: flooding at Ile de la Gonâve. 31 killed, 906 homeless, more than 380 houses destroyed or damaged.

1987
27 April: flooding at Port-de-Paix.
8 May: flooding at Thiotte in Sud-Est département and in the Delmas and Caradeux neighbourhoods of Port-au-Prince.

1988
27 January: flooding in the Nord-Ouest département.
20 June: flooding in L'Estère in the Artibonite département.
11 September: Hurricane Gilbert devastated the south coast, particularly the Anse-à-Veau, Camp-Perrin, Cavaillon, Cayes, Île à Vache, Jacmel, Jérémie, Kenscoff and Port-Salut regions.
8 October: flooding in the Plaine de Léogâne.

1989
23 February: flooding in Île de la Gonâve. 4,945 families affected, 1,527 houses destroyed and 1640 damaged.

1994
12 and 13 November: Hurricane Gordon crossed Sud-Est département and the southern peninsula, causing flooding and approximately 2,000 deaths and disappearances.

1998
23 September: Hurricane Georges devastated the Sud-Est and Nord-Ouest départements, causing 147 deaths, 34 serious injuries, 40 disappearances, and 167,500 displaced.

More:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_natural_disasters_in_Haiti

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