Wednesday, February 2, Liszt Quitel, the Minister of the Interior accompanied by Jerry Chandler Director General of Civil Protection, went to Cap-Haitien after the torrential rains that fell on the North of Haiti.

Minister Quitel and Chandler met at the Departmental Emergency Operations Center (COUD) with the mayors and delegates of the main municipalities affected by the floods caused by the flooding of the main rivers of the department who presented the situation in their respective municipalities.

In the Northeast, Jerry Chandler visited the site of the Caracol Industrial Park power station, which was badly affected by the floods, before going to Malfety where a temporary shelter was opened for the inhabitants of this locality severely affected by the floods. bad weather on January 31.

In accordance with its coordination mission, Civil Protection has already deployed teams, alongside mayors, to assist victim families. Several national and international partners are also present in the field.

Wednesday at midday, a convoy of basic necessities was on hand to provide the first answers.

The latest data on these bad weather, shared by the departmental directorates, show 6 deaths in the North-West and North-East departments and at least one missing person.

The total number of affected households (p), amounts to 2,581 in the 22 affected municipalities and at least 2,578 houses have been flooded https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-35859-haiti-news-zapping.html . More than 1,900 people took refuge in temporary shelters in Cap-Haitien and Fort-Liberté.

The departmental and municipal Civil Protection structures continue to monitor the weather situation in order to keep the population informed and remind them of the precautionary instructions.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-35859-haiti-news-zapping.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-35852-haiti-flash-torrential-rains-fall-on-haiti-many-municipalities-flooded-partial-report.html

HL/ HaitiLibre