ARTICLE - FIRST RAIN DRAMA

FIRST DRAMA OF THE RAIN
(Haiti Libre) -

The heavy rains that fell on the capital Port-au-Prince, on the night of Thursday to Friday, caused a landslide in Morne Accra, destroying several anarchic houses built on the hillside. An entire family perished when a mudslide swept away their fragile home. The rains also affected several other neighborhoods, where alluvium, stones and rubbish in large quantities covered the streets; in some places, making the movement of vehicles difficult.

According to Nadia Lochard, of the Office of Emergency Preparedness Coordinator for the West, five adults and one child were killed during the heavy rains. The Civil Protection calls the populations in at risk areas to a greater caution due to meteorological conditions.

Although the rainy season begins in April, for the last two weeks Port-au-Prince receives almost every night heavy rainfall, which increases a little more each day, the unhealthiness of the capital, and greatly complicates the lives of the 500,000 people still living in refuge camps, for 2 years now...