Haiti: Floods and Landslides - Jun 2023

On 3 June, heavy rainfall hit the departments of Ouest, Nippes, Sud-Est, Nord-Ouest and Centre causing floods, triggering landslides and resulting in casualties and damage. According to the Haitian Civil Protection, 15 people died, eight are missing, almost 13,400 people have been displaced, 7,475 families affected (5,510 in the Ouest Department), and more than 1,200 houses flooded. Emergency response teams have been mobilised to provide support for the affected communities and to assess the damage. For the next 24 hours, light rain is expected across most parts of the country. (ECHO, 5 Jun 2023)

On 3 June 2023, a low-pressure system caused torrential rains across the country. Most departments experienced severe flooding, rockslides and landslides. According to the DGPC, the provisional toll from the extreme weather is 37,375 people affected (including 13,390 displaced), 15 dead, 8 missing, 1,219 houses flooded and 160 destroyed or damaged. The General Directorate of Civil Protection (DGPC) activated the National Emergency Operations Centre (COUN) on 3 June. (OCHA, 5 Jun 2023)

Following the heavy rain, strong winds, floods and landslides that affected most of Haiti on 2-3 June, the number of casualties and damage is increasing. According to the Haitian Civil Protection, 42 people died, 11 are missing, and 85 have been injured. Moreover, 6,334 people have been evacuated, almost 12,800 families were affected, 13,500 houses flooded and several roads were destroyed. In the Departments of West, North-East and North-West, most of the rivers overflowed, while in Ouest Department, where 19 people died, five municipalities have been hardly impacted by widespread floods. (ECHO, 6 Jun 2023)

The DGPC's provisional figures for the storms now show 39,458 households affected, 3,586 people evacuated, 51 deaths, 140 people injured, 31,591 homes flooded and 2,445 homes destroyed or damaged. (OCHA, 6 Jun 2023)

On 3 June Haiti experienced intense rainfall due to a stationary low-pressure system. The torrential rains caused flooding and landslides in 7 of the country's 10 departments. According to the Humanitarian Overview published by OCHA, 27 of the country's 146 communes were affected, leaving 58 people dead, 143 injured, 9,100 displaced and almost 45,000 households affected. The material damage is also considerable: almost 37,500 houses were affected, including 893 destroyed, 3,000 head of cattle were lost and 30,000 hectares of cultivated land across the country flooded. The MSPP has also noted an upsurge in suspected cases of cholera. (OCHA, 17 Jul 2023)