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Thousands of Haiti homes flooded, rivers swell amid heavy rains
The US News reported, according to Reuters, the civil protection authority in Haiti said on Monday, thousands of homes were flooded and some 2,500 families displaced as torrential rain caused rivers to burst their banks, and rescue teams have begun evacuating people in high-risk zones.
The agency said, nearly 36 hours of rain caused flooding, primarily in the north of the Caribbean country, with water filling the historic center of the city of Cap-Haitien, and heavy winds downing trees.
The agency wrote in a statement: "Residents of areas that are prone to flooding and exposed to wind (should) take the necessary precautions to protect themselves." It added: "Above all, do not cross flooded rivers under any circumstances."
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It said that the flooding has already affected the town Anse à Veau, which was near the epicenter of an earthquake last week that killed two people but caused limited overall damage.
The report said that Haiti is prone to natural disasters, typically due to the poor state of the housing and flood-prone areas are often home to poor and densely populated communities.
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Some 300,000 people were killed in a massive 2010 earthquake and another 2,000 died last year in a quake on the country's southern peninsula.
Source: usnews
