The departments of South and Grand ‘Anse have been placed under Red Alert (maximum level).
The Hydrometeorological Unit of Haiti (UHM) maintains Orange Alert status for South-East, Nippes and West.
Three deaths and one injury have been reported, and flooding has been recorded in several departments.
The World Food Programme (WFP) has pre-positioned 450 MT of food and provided Anticipatory Action (AA) cash transfers to 9,500 households; IOM has pre-positioned 3,371 hygiene kits in the South; the Common Pipeline and partners have NFI kits and light shelters for 44,000 households; PAHO/WHO has medical kits for 11,100 people.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reports agricultural losses in South, Nippes, Grand’Anse and South-East, including 15 hectares of maize destroyed in Mapou (South-East), as well as damage to crops, livestock and fisheries.
Authorities report population movements toward three emergency shelters in the South and the closure of schools across the four departments of the Grand South.
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