Tomas - Haiti: At least 20 people died, 30 000 people remain in shelters, 6 000 families homeless

Pathfinder · Oct 31, 2010

Hurricane Tomas May Hit Haiti, a "Horrible Scenario"

By Kristina Pydynowski, Senior Meteorologist

Oct 30, 2010; 5:18 PM ET

While the Windward Islands have born the brunt of Tomas so far, the hurricane may eventually target Haiti next week and make a bad situation much worse.

As stated by AccuWeather.com Expert Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski, "It would be a horrible scenario if Tomas were to turn to the north and slam Haiti as a hurricane."

Even a glancing blow from a hurricane could lead to devastation from flash flooding and mudslides. A direct hit from a hurricane with its destructive winds would yield a far worse catastrophe.

A recent report from the Wall Street Journal stated that more than 1.3 million displaced earthquake survivors are still living in tent cities. Cholera is also now claiming lives in Haiti.

If Tomas does target Haiti, it will likely not impact the nation until Tuesday at the earliest.

Prior to that time, Tomas will leave the Windward Islands and roam the eastern Caribbean. The very warm waters of the Caribbean will allow Tomas to continue intensifying, likely into a major hurricane.

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http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/40872/hurricane-tomas-could-target-e.asp

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Pathfinder · Oct 31, 2010

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UPDATE 3-Hurricane Tomas hits east Caribbean, fears for Haiti

Sun Oct 31, 2010 12:22am GMT

'LAST THING HAITI NEEDS'

Haiti's government and its international aid partners, which are already grappling with a major cholera epidemic that has killed at least 330 people and sickened over 4,700, were discussing contingency measures for possible severe weather impact from the hurricane next week.

With around 1.5 million homeless survivors from Haiti's devastating Jan. 12 earthquake living in tent and tarpaulin camps in the hilly capital of Port-au-Prince, authorities worried about the possible destructive effects of powerful winds and torrential rain on the vulnerable outdoor camps.

"A hurricane is one of the things we've been preparing for ... but we're stretched to capacity handling the cholera epidemic," Imogen Wall, the United Nations humanitarian spokeswoman in Haiti, told Reuters from Port-au-Prince.

"It's obviously the last thing Haiti needs," she said, noting that authorities were working on protection measures and stockpiling emergency supplies.

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Pathfinder · Oct 31, 2010

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Haiti braces as Hurricane Tomas roars over Caribbean

By Joseph Guyler Delva

PORT-AU-PRINCE | Sun Oct 31, 2010 2:29pm EDT

(Reuters) - Authorities on Sunday urged hundreds of thousands of Haitians living in crowded tent camps to seek new shelter as Hurricane Tomas roared across the Caribbean with Haiti potentially on its projected path.
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Under some models of the storm's track, Tomas is forecast to make a turn to the north and head toward Haiti as early as Friday. Other projections show it possibly shifting course farther east toward the Dominican Republic or even west toward Jamaica.
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As Tomas churned over the open Caribbean sea, officials appealed to Haitians in tent camps to start evacuating, encouraging them to travel to the homes of family or friends.

"We have launched an appeal for voluntary evacuation, particularly in the camps," said Alta Jean-Baptiste, the director of the Haiti's Civil Protection Office.

"We have plans to evacuate the camps but we won't be able to evacuate everybody."...

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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69T13Q20101031

Pathfinder · Oct 31, 2010

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Haiti Braces for Hurricane Tomas

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On Sunday, aid workers and camp leaders were scrambling to protect more than 1.3 million displaced survivors of the Jan. 12 earthquake who live in more than 1,300 tent cities spread throughout the capital of Port-au-Prince. They also emptied warehouses of tarps and ropes to distribute to the camps.

Survivors have been living in homemade, tattered tents of tin, cardboard and plastic sheets, all strung together in endless rows to fortify them against heavy rains. But they may not resist a hurricane.

Meanwhile, one map that aid workers reviewed showed many weather shelters are in hospitals?some of which are busy treating cholera patients, said some relief workers.

Focused for the past 10 days on getting water to Artibonite Valley to contain the cholera outbreak, emergency officials now have to shift resources to the country's south coast?the area most likely to be affected by Tomas, Ms. Wall said.

"You need boats and helicopters, which are already in use to distribute chlorine, to get supplies to the south," she added. "The roads will be inaccessible due to flooding."

Full text:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703708404575586731463833548.html

Pathfinder · Nov 1, 2010

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OCHA Haiti

Humanitarian Update

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In anticipation of Hurricane Tomas, the Civil Protection (DPC) is taking the lead and has activated its hurricane contingency plans nationwide. The DPC held a press conference on 31 October where delegates and magistrates have been asked to mobilize all resources and to raise awareness amongst the population. Key messages will be shared to urge the population to move into safe houses of friends and relatives.

A meeting took place with the President, Prime Minister, the UN and other actors to look at different scenarios of the trajectory of the hurricane, which is expected to cause strong winds and rain nationwide for several days. The National Centre of Meteorology (CMN) is also emphasizing the risk of high tides up to 3 to 3.5 metres, specifically in Les Cayes and Gonaives. The Prime Minister has agreed to the United States mobilizing the USS Iwo Jima, which will augment already existing logistical capability from the logistics cluster and MINUSTAH. The Force Commander of MINUSTAH has been put on stand-by, as well as assets, logistics and engineering capacity. MINUSTAH has also been asked to provide military support in the southern departments. The President will travel to Les Cayes to meet with delegates from all southern departments on 1 November. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator will go to Jacmel, J?r?mie, Les Cayes and Miragoane on 1 November to meet with humanitarian actors, the MINUSTAH staff contingence and local officials to discuss preparedness.

In coordination with the DPC, departmental level plans are operational and the humanitarian community is currently mobilizing contingency stocks and logistical assets. All personnel in the west and southern parts of Haiti are on stand by to respond the needs resulting from the hurricane. Additional shelter is being prepared and trucks filled with material are being sent to the coastal areas. Food has been prepositioned in key locations and a barge is available to move cargo along the coast if roads are rendered inaccessible. The Red Cross announced that it?s mobilizing 250 volunteers to perform evacuations, if needed, and the organisation is also contributing 10 million water purification tablets and 12 water treatment plants. An additional 5 million tablets are in reserve, if required.

The Ministry of Health (MSPP) did not release any new numbers of cholera cases today. The MSPP, WHO/PAHO, the UN and humanitarian partners continue to treat cholera cases while working to stop the spread of the disease. Health partners throughout Haiti are preparing for the impact of Hurricane Thomas. Health inventories of supplies that were part of the contingency plan are being replenished.

More>> Latest OCHA Situation Report - OCHA Press Release - ReliefWeb - IRIN

[Updated: 1 November]

http://ochaonline.un.org/tabid/6412/language/en-US/Default.aspx

sharon sanders · Nov 2, 2010

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WTNT41 KNHC 020837
TCDAT1
TROPICAL STORM TOMAS DISCUSSION NUMBER 17
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL212010
500 AM EDT TUE NOV 02 2010

Forecast - .....

THE GLOBAL MODELS SUGGEST THAT THE
TROUGH COULD SWING NORTHEASTWARD AND NOT COMPLETELY PICK UP TOMAS.
THEREFORE THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE TROPICAL CYCLONE COULD
LINGER NEAR NORTHERN HISPANIOLA FOR A DAY OR TWO...BEFORE THE
WESTERLIES EVENTUALLY CARRY IT FARTHER OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC. THAT
POSSIBILITY...HOWEVER...IS NOT EXPLICITLY SHOWN IN THE OFFICIAL
TRACK FORECAST AT THIS TIME.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDAT1+shtml/020837.shtml

Pathfinder · Nov 2, 2010

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Hurricanes and Haiti: A Tragic History

By Jeffrey Masters, Ph.D. ? Director of Meteorology, Weather Underground, Inc.

... Haiti is the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. With oil too expensive for the impoverished nation, charcoal from burnt trees has provided 85% or more of the energy in Haiti for decades. As a result, Haiti's 8 million poor have relentlessly hunted and chopped down huge amounts of forest, leaving denuded mountain slopes that rainwater washes down unimpeded. Back in 1980, Haiti still had 25% of its forests, allowing the nation to withstand heavy rain events like 1987's Category 3 Hurricane Emily, without loss of life. But as of 2004, only 1.4% of Haiti's forests remained. Jeanne and Gordon were not even hurricanes--merely strong tropical storms--when they stuck Haiti, but the almost total lack of tree cover contributed to the devastating floods that killed thousands. And it doesn't even take a tropical storm to devastate Haiti--in May of 2004, three days of heavy rains from a tropical disturbance dumped more than 18 inches of rain in the mountains, triggering floods that killed over 2600 people...

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Pathfinder · Nov 2, 2010

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Tomas gradually strengthening; 14 dead in St. Lucia from the storm

Updated: 2:58 PM GMT on November 02, 2010
Jeff Masters

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<b><big>Intensity forecast for Tomas

</big></b>I believe these odds are higher, 40%. With the atmosphere expected to be very moist, it is likely that Tomas will dump very heavy rains of 4 - 8 inches over much of Haiti, even if Tomas strikes as a tropical storm. Rains of this magnitude are capable of causing heavy loss of life due to extreme floods running down Haiti's deforested mountain slopes. Portlight.org is preparing to send their mobile kitchen with enough food to feed 500 people per day, if Tomas continues on its current forecast path.

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http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/article.html

Pathfinder · Nov 3, 2010

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</td></tr></tbody></table>Updated: 3:57 PM GMT on November 03, 2010
Jeff Masters

With the soils already saturated from last weekend's rains, the stage is set in Haiti for a significant flooding disaster capable of causing heavy loss of life. I believe it is 30% likely that Tomas will stay far enough west of the Haiti earthquake zone so that rains will be limited to 1 - 4 inches to the region, causing only modest flooding problems and little or no loss of life. More likely (40% chance) is the possibility of major flooding due to 4 - 8 inches of rains. Finally, I expect a 30% chance that heavier rains of 5 - 20 inches over Haiti will cause catastrophic flooding like experienced in 2008's four hurricanes. Potential flooding disasters are not possible just in the earthquake zone, but also in northern Haiti and the southwestern peninsula of Haiti. So, keep praying for the people of Haiti, they need all the help they can get.

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http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/article.html

Pathfinder · Nov 3, 2010

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Haiti - Tomas : Double risk for Haiti

03/11/2010 15:35:30

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In addition to direct hazards associated with these rains, these last represent an important additional risk for the cholera epidemic. Contaminated rivers in flood, can spread the cholera bacteria through whole regions and cause a health crisis of great magnitude, which nobody can predict the consequences. In addition, floods and their impact on road infrastructure, will make much more difficult and slower access to patients suffering from cholera in need of urgent care. Lastly, certain structures of care could be threatened and require the displacement of patients, suffering from cholera, will imply a delicate logistics in the circumstances.

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http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-1571-haiti-tomas-double-risk-for-haiti.html

Pathfinder · Nov 4, 2010

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Haiti - Tomas : First impact
04/11/2010 08:52:57

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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>With the approach of Tropical Storm Tomas, the Ministry of Education ordered the closure of all schools (private and public). Direction of Civil Protection (DPC) is asking the population living in areas at risk of leaving as much as possible these places to protect itself, the National Centre of Meteorology maintains the red alert level across the country.

Ms. Jean Baptiste, director of the DPC provides that victims living under tents especially in Port-au-Prince will not all be rescued. She recommends them to evacuate by seeking help from relatives or friends living in safe places.

In the IDP camps, the refugees say live in fear at the approach of Tomas "Civil Protection informed us that she can not take care of all the people and asks us to take refuge with relatives or friends, but we have nowhere to go" said a refugee from the Champ de Mars which stresses that all his friends and family, like most people in the camps are also survivors "Our hands are empty, we are not able to make preparations at the approach of Tomas, come what may" says a mother of 3 children at the Parc Sainte-Therese Petion Ville, which puts his life in the hands of God as most victims who do not know where to go...

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http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-1573-haiti-tomas-first-impact.html

Pathfinder · Nov 4, 2010

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An earthquake survivor explains to fellow refugees the need to evacuate the Corail camp to seek shelter before the arrival of Tropical Storm Tomas...
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Tomas may intensify, threatens Haiti

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(CNN) -- Aid agencies were scrambling Thursday to move as many people as possible into storm shelters as Tropical Storm Tomas approached Haiti with the potential to deal a disastrous blow to a nation still struggling to its feet after a devastating January earthquake.

"People are already dislocated," said Leonard Doyle, spokesman for the International Organization for Migration, which is moving about 2,000 people from the Corail Cesselesse tent camp into a nearby shelter -- a former church.

The group is working "as fast as we can," he said Thursday morning, noting winds had picked up.

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http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/11/04/tropical.weather/index.html

Pathfinder · Nov 4, 2010

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UN calls for more emergency supplies as tropical storm approaches Haiti

A woman lies beside her son who is receiving treatment for cholera in Haiti

4 November 2010 ? Emergency supplies and equipment are still needed to prepare for the fast-approaching tropical storm Tomas, which could affect up to half a million people in Haiti, the United Nations said today.

The approaching storm may be the third humanitarian crisis that Haiti faces this year, coming amid ongoing efforts to assist up to a million people left homeless by the earthquake that devastated the country in January, and a cholera outbreak that erupted last month, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

The UN?s agencies and its stabilization mission in Haiti, MINUSTAH, have been working with the Government of Haiti and humanitarian partners to pre-position emergency supplies and equipment, including trucks, water and sanitation materials, shelter, food and non-food items in the areas most likely to be hit by the storm.

?Even with the existing pre-positioned stocks, the potential magnitude of this disaster urgently calls for additional emergency supplies and equipment,? warned Nigel Fisher, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Haiti. Priority needs include reinforced emergency shelter kits for 20,000 families, 80,000 family hygiene kits, 5,000 family water kits, 5 million sachets of oral rehydration salts, water tankers, water treatment units and field tents to serve as emergency cholera treatment centres, as well as logistics equipment and radios to support ongoing public information about cholera and hurricane alerts.

The possible path of the storm keeps changing, but the latest update suggests a high probability of severe flooding, especially in coastal areas, but also throughout the country. Haitian authorities have been encouraging residents of low-lying coastal areas and camps to seek alternative shelter, where possible, with families and friends settled in safer places, according to OCHA.

?We are concerned that severe flooding will make a difficult situation in Haiti even more difficult,? Mr. Fisher said. ?Cholera is spread mainly through contaminated water ? so more water poses more risks. The poor sanitary conditions in many parts of the country combined with flooding and polluted waters are very likely to accelerate the infection rate,? he added.

A massive public information campaign has been rolled out to help people prepare, with alerts being sent out to internally displaced persons camps via SMS and radio. All available stocks of tarpaulins and ropes are being used to help people in camps secure their shelters.

?We want to focus on social and economic recovery?but we are pulled back into emergency mode,? Mr. Fisher said. ?We are calling on the international community to help us prepare as best as we can.?

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=36662&Cr=Haiti&Cr1=

Pathfinder · Nov 4, 2010

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Haiti evacuation effort stalls as storm closes in

04 Nov 2010 18:27:31 GMT

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An effort to move some 2,000 people from Corail, an exposed camp outside Port-au-Prince set up by the United Nations and aid groups to resettle homeless quake survivors, was obstructed by camp dwellers worried that authorities were trying to permanently move them out.

More than 100 yelling youths broke tables set up by aid workers to process the evacuees from the tent and tarpaulin camp of some 7,700 people located at the base of several bare hills outside of the Haitian capital.

Aid workers say the camp's location at the confluence of several streams makes it particularly vulnerable to flooding.

"We are upset because they have not told us where we are going," said Domarcand Fenel, the head of a committee of camp residents. "People believe they want to expel us."

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N04521086.htm

Pathfinder · Nov 4, 2010

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Aid workers rush preparations in quake-damaged Haiti as deluge threatens

By John Lantigua and Cynthia Roldan

Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
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MIAMI ? Dr. Arthur Fournier of the Miami-based nonprofit Project Medishare says luckily his organization recently received a donation of 100 bullhorns.

Many were being put to good use in Haiti Thursday, as Tropical Storm Tomas approached that already crippled country.

"Our people are out on those horns to warn Haitians of the coming storm, telling them how to prepare for the rains and the dangers the rains can bring," he said. "I'm hoping for the best."

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http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/s...parations-in-quake-damaged-haiti-1022199.html

Pathfinder · Nov 4, 2010

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Tomas Bringing Rain, Wind to Haiti

By Heather Buchman, Meteorologist

Nov 4, 2010; 7:45 PM ET

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As of 8 p.m. EDT Thursday, Tomas was located roughly 265 miles WSW of Port-au-Prince, where more than 1 million people were left homeless after January's devastating earthquake. The AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center has more details on Tomas' current strength and the factors that could allow the storm to intensify.

Estimated rainfall rates with thunderstorms ahead of Tomas, just south of Haiti and Jamaica, are between 0.25 and 0.50 of an inch per hour. As bands of thunderstorms spread over Haiti's mountainous terrain, however, these rainfall rates will be significantly enhanced...

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Pathfinder · Nov 4, 2010

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Haiti - Tomas : First victim of the storm
04/11/2010 19:13:12

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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Paul-Antoine Bien-Aime, the Haitian Minister of Interior, announced during a press briefing that the Tomas storm had made its first victim. One person died today, to Duchity in the Grand-Anse while trying to cross a river in flood with his vehicle...

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http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-1581-haiti-tomas-first-victim-of-the-storm.html

Pathfinder · Nov 5, 2010

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Haiti's homeless urged to flee

(UKPA) ? 20 minutes ago

Wind and rain whipped at parts of Haiti late on Thursday, while most people in earthquake refugee camps ignored government orders to evacuate and bundled up in their tents to ride out tropical storm Tomas.

Officials and police urged the estimated 1.3 million homeless to leave their flimsy shelters, but few people had anywhere else to go. And many people worried about not being allowed to return.

Haiti's civil protection department said those living in post-quake camps should go to the homes of friends and family.

Buses began circulating just after dark to take camp residents away, but few were willing to go. Four civil protection buses that pulled up at a camp in the Canape-Vert district left with about five passengers in all. Officials did not say where the buses would go.

President Rene Preval warned residents to leave camps in a Thursday radio address, but acknowledged "the government doesn't have enough places to move everyone."

By evening it was clear most people in the camps were not heeding the advice to leave.

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http://www.google.com/hostednews/uk...aJIw7Z20WK8YKdWxg?docId=N0172141288926471955A

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Tropical Storm TOMAS Public Advisory

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1100 PM EDT THU NOV 04 2010

...TOMAS STRENGTHENING AS IT MOVES NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD
EASTERN JAMAICA AND WESTERN HAITI...TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS
NOW OCCURRING ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF HAITI...

SUMMARY OF 1100 PM EDT...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...17.3N 75.5W
ABOUT 100 MI...160 KM ESE OF KINGSTON JAMAICA
ABOUT 230 MI...370 KM WSW OF PORT AU PRINCE HAITI
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH...100 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 30 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...989 MB...29.21 INCHES

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http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT1+shtml/050243.shtml

Pathfinder · Nov 5, 2010

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Haiti - Tomas : Last Hour (1)
05/11/2010 10:41:10

Landslides were reported in the south.

In Port-au-Prince, the Champs de Mars camp is in the water. It keeps raining since Thursday evening, residents are trying to strengthen their shelter....

In Leogane Place Anacaona, the water is up to the bumper...

Full text:
http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-1584-haiti-tomas-last-hour-1.html

Pathfinder · Nov 5, 2010

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Tomas - Haiti: At least 20 people died, 30 000 people remain in shelters, 6 000 families homeless

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